Re:People behave more sadistically when they’re bored
by elliekelly on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @01:15PM
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Tangentially related, a few years ago the New Yorker published a wonderful article about reading in prison called "A Prisoner's Reading List": https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-prisoners-read...
Deb Alderson's Global Tel*Link is replacing libraries with locked down tablets that have e-reader apps. Inmates are charged a couple bucks an hour for access to the tablet and are limited to 90 minutes of reading time.
E.g.,
https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/11/allegheny-county-jail-li...
https://moguldom.com/241982/exploiting-prisoners-w-virginia-...