Oregon Prisoners get Flat-Screen TVs....

[Luke T.]

But in context with respect to the original claim, taking parts out of a non-flat-screen TV doesn't make it work so hot, either.

The TVs in the common rooms are inside wire cages. They inmates can't get to them to take them apart. And even if they could, the other inmates would stop them for obvious reasons. These guys love to watch their sports.

 

[epepke]

The TVs in the common rooms are inside wire cages. They inmates can't get to them to take them apart. And even if they could, the other inmates would stop them for obvious reasons. These guys love to watch their sports.

The claim was that a flat-screen TV in a cell was preferable to a CRT TV in a cell because the CRT TV had parts that could be made into weapons.

Don't get all obtuse on me.

 

[Luke T.]

The claim was that a flat-screen TV in a cell was preferable to a CRT TV in a cell because the CRT TV had parts that could be made into weapons.

Don't get all obtuse on me.

Ah. Sorry. I wasn't being obtuse. Just absent-minded. I wasn't on the same track of thinking as you were, even though I even quoted the part about the CRT TVs. I missed the "in the cell" connection.

But along those lines, I don't think a CRT TV is any more useful as a weapon or tool than a flat screen. The only difference is the CRT, which is an explosive safety hazard, I guess, if one falls on the hard prison floor. And I still don't see an inmate destroying his own hard-earned TV for nefarious purposes, especially since the quickest inspection would reveal which TV the weapon/tool came from.

 

[epepke]

But along those lines, I don't think a CRT TV is any more useful as a weapon or tool than a flat screen.

Fair enough.

The only difference is the CRT, which is an explosive safety hazard, I guess, if one falls on the hard prison floor.

Implosive, actually, which is the opposite.

I once dropped a Dec color terminal on the concrete, face down. It bounced. Not even a scratch.

 

[Ladewig]

OK, forget the weapon angle on the full sized TVs. They are still good places to hide stuff.

 

[Luke T.]

OK, forget the weapon angle on the full sized TVs. They are still good places to hide stuff.

Yes they are! That's a good point.

 

[gnome]

I don't think denying my cousin TV privileges would have helped to make him a better person.

Prison is not there to "make you a better person". Why is there such concern with making the murderer a "better person" but none with the victim's family?

False dichotomy. Who says there is no concern with the victim's family?

However, I would say that the need to prevent future crimes outweighs the victim's family's need for revenge. Wouldn't you?

Now, if you want to argue that rehabilitation attempts have no effect on recidivism... bring it on!

 

[Tony]

Endless reruns of Friends?

America has all the accusations of human rights abuses it needs and you want to go adding another one?