http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 16:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-65616 Toronto Web Design Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:07:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12527#comment-65616 <p>Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.</p> Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-62132 Toronto Web Design Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:07:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12527#comment-62132 <p>Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.</p> Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-58451 Facelift Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:07:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12527#comment-58451 <p>Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.</p> Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-56657 Jonathan Richards Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:59:25 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12527#comment-56657 <p>As a former federal prison inmate, I can say without hesitation that TV is essential to keeping the peace in prison. It provides something for inmates to look forward to and of course occupies endless hours of time that would otherwise be spent in less docile ways. Congress needs to expand the subsidy to cover prisons now!</p> As a former federal prison inmate, I can say without hesitation that TV is essential to keeping the peace in prison. It provides something for inmates to look forward to and of course occupies endless hours of time that would otherwise be spent in less docile ways. Congress needs to expand the subsidy to cover prisons now!

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-56107 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:53:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12527#comment-56107 <p>@Berin - the article above shows the reason why. Mean-spirited right-wingers will play politics with it, demagoging and sneering about e.g. how they "sit in stunned silence for a moment". Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.</p> @Berin – the article above shows the reason why. Mean-spirited right-wingers will play politics with it, demagoging and sneering about e.g. how they “sit in stunned silence for a moment”. Unless you believe that the optimum way to manage a prison matches exactly with reactionary rantings containing barely disguised sadism, well, there's a problem.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-56104 Berin Szoka Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12527#comment-56104 <p>One would think that if television were truly essential to control of the prison population, prisons might invest in the DTV converters, which <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_7211242_5?ie=UTF8&docId=1000265041&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=0RMQJ38XNT45G8Y8P7BD&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=435246901&pf_rd_i=dtv%20converter">start</a> at about $50/each (not counting the coupon):</p> One would think that if television were truly essential to control of the prison population, prisons might invest in the DTV converters, which start at about $50/each (not counting the coupon):

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/09/08/dead-air-walking-prisoners-face-loss-of-tv-after-digital-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-56103 Richard Bennett Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:49:35 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12527#comment-56103 <p>Well, you know. Maybe the question is what the guests of the state would do if they didn't have TV to watch. Perhaps the list includes things like:<br><br>1. Plan break outs<br>2. Deal more drugs<br>3. Lift weights<br>4. Read the Bible, Koran, and L. Ron Hubbard's books<br>5. Riot<br>6. Rape each other<br>7. Beat the crap out of the guards<br>8. Attend Aryan Brotherhood meetings<br>9. Illegally download stuff from the Internets<br>10. Steal your identity<br><br>TV is one of those things that help the guards maintain order. That's what they mean by "normalcy."</p> Well, you know. Maybe the question is what the guests of the state would do if they didn't have TV to watch. Perhaps the list includes things like:

1. Plan break outs
2. Deal more drugs
3. Lift weights
4. Read the Bible, Koran, and L. Ron Hubbard's books
5. Riot
6. Rape each other
7. Beat the crap out of the guards
8. Attend Aryan Brotherhood meetings
9. Illegally download stuff from the Internets
10. Steal your identity

TV is one of those things that help the guards maintain order. That's what they mean by “normalcy.”

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