i sentence you to a year of javascript instead
i sentence you to a year of javascript instead
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if the prisoners learn life skills that could lead to gainful, legal employment, how are they supposed to be forced back into the system for free labor?
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I'd rather deal with another Hitler than deal with Java ever again... I understand where they're getting at. /s
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Lol.
But why?
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Smith, the department spokesperson, pointed out that people in prison have access to computers for educational programs and legal research, and that “allowing these types of printed materials presents a substantial risk of misuse” and poses a security threat.
source: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/06/20/ohio-odrc-prison-book-ban-java-hitler
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More like, ha fuck you, you're not getting a job when you get out so we can you locked up forever
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Sounds like the "substantial risk" is due to private companies insisting on using an insecure system and them complaining when inmates want to learn that system to get JOBS.
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Ohio prison system, or Florida school system?
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probably
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America, why are we like this?
How are people supposed to integrate back into society?
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Puritan roots baby. We basically started from being crazy cultists and are still in the 'calm the hell down' phase. Will we become a civilized society or the first country-wide reality show thunderdome? still unclear
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Someone seriously seriously thinks some programming book will make a hacker out of ya
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They basically made it decaf
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