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Re:Entrepreneurs in Prison by jisaacstone on Friday May 04, 2012 @11:58AM (#3928966)
I had a friend in prison some years ago. He said the worst thing wan there was nothing to do. Most people slept 12+ hours a day & when they got out they couldn't adjust.

So yeah, I feel any productive activity is a damn good idea.

Re:Entrepreneurs in Prison by itmag on Friday May 04, 2012 @03:33PM (#3929954)
Hmmm... Instant brainstorm mode... What startup ideas involving prisoners can we think of?

Maybe some kind of Mechanical Turk esque web site where their earnings get paid out to them upon release?

Or some kind of Learnable tailored to inmates?

Any ideas, people? :)

Re:Entrepreneurs in Prison by d_jackson_kf on Friday May 04, 2012 @03:51PM (#3930046)
It's very true. By far the worse thing inside is the boredom. When you see it on TV/movies all you see is the drama. You don't see the endless hours of _absolutely.nothing.to.do_ It's mind numbing. So you try to sleep as much as possible to make the time pass