Maybe a version that consists of mission tables, dailies, and professions…
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Incorrect.
It’s the Department of Corrections, not the Department of Punishments.
There is no punishment going on. That has not been the intent of any US prison for over a hundred years.
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I think you are putting too much faith into WoW as an ability to rehabilitate. I mean more-so teach them life-skills and how to effectively not end up in prison again and contribute to society. Maybe TBC-MoP era WoW, but the sense of working with others and actually communicating is almost non-existent unless you go out of your way in modern WoW.
Yeah, and this is an entirely separate issue; it is a societal issue. Actually focusing on rehabilitation is never a bad thing though. There are multiple issues that face the American Prison system today that need to be addressed.
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Ehhhhh lately?
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Maybe 1 hour, with chat disabled, once a week if they’re a model prisoner? They aren’t being grounded after all.
At the same time they should be required to work on valuable life skills, such as learning a trade. Then they’ll have legitimate options rather than repeating the same cycle of events that made them a prisoner in the first place.
Actually, ‘society’ is stupider in some parts of the country compared to others. Might be best to just leave whatever unforgiving place and go somewhere else for a fresh start.
Various major cities in the northeastern US might be ideal. (I forget which city actually pays former gang leaders to go to college and mentor kids away from the gangs, but most major NE cities have something helpful.)
The western US has plenty of stuff too, but it’s always on fire and the politicians take turns stealing all the funds for anything.
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It wasn’t always that way:
The current system is also broken as heck. We incarcerate too many people for inane crimes and don’t hold the real “criminals” accountable enough.
I’ve never been ok with it being called an “inhumane punishment” when the crimes they commit are as inhumane as one could possibly imagine.
Regardless, considering how toxic WoW chat can be, I don’t think it will “correct” or “rehabilitate” anyone.
You have obviously played WoW before. How can you suggest that 1 hour is adequate time to do anything?
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a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
That’s archaic legal language.
Punishment is defined as “rough treatment or handling inflicted on or suffered by a person or thing.”
We have gravitated away from that sort of system, as it was ineffective. The focus of the US Prison system is stated to be rehabilitation. While the system falls woefully short of providing effective rehabilitation, there is literally no punishment being inflicted.
Inmates are segregated from society, placed under guard, and provided for in accordance with their basic needs. Inmates play sports, work out, keep gardens, take college courses, play Dungeons & Dragons, watch streaming movies, work jobs inside the prison for ridiculously low wages, and lots of other stuff. Most inmates lead lives of leisure and boredom.
They are never beaten, never tortured, never deprived of food or water. There isn’t a single instance of punishment that ever takes place in the US Prison system.
Are they paying for their own account? You do realize that prisoners are paid for (in all aspects of needs) by either the federal government or the state. If it’s said that the “game” time is paid for through taxes then no. They committed a crime. I am not paying for them to have fun with a game like WoW.
In an ideal world, prison is about rehabilitation, not just punishment. It’s illogical to torment people who will be released back into society, leaving them more broken than they were when they went in.
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So if someone commits a crime, there is no punishment, they can just walk free?
Obviously, they don’t walk free. They are incarcerated for the sake of public safety and so that they can be “rehabilitated.” Unfortunately, our system does not provide much in the way of rehabilitation. Fortunately, this shift has resulted in humane treatment for all inmates. Unfortunately, this was largely fueled by the rich who wished to purchase prisons and profit off of them. It’s easier to collect a monthly check for a full prison if every inmate on the inside is largely satisfied.
Federal prisons followed suit, even though they are not privately owned. My best friend is in a federal prison and there has never been any punishment inflicted on him. In fact, he’s playing more PnP games than he ever did on the outside.
The White Knight mentality really needs to stop. Especially when you have no knowledge about what happens in jail and prison. For one…if this was an option the only people who would be able to play are those who already are really bad people. High end gang members and such. People like the OP’s cousins would have to pay a fee to maybe be able to play when the top criminals are done themselves…and that is very iffy if you’re not ranked in a gang prison.
I will say that if you do create prisons or jails for “good behavior” prisoners then maybe it would be fair…as long as they pay for the computers to run the game (institutions don’t have great equipment for prisoners) and they pay for their accounts sure. On taxpayers dollars…no.
You’re describing state or county prisons.
My best friend was an active Marine when he was arrested. Federal Prisons work differently, his in particular. Only one type of inmate goes to Tucson USP, and since they’re all targets in state prisons, there’s very little fighting or bullying and virtually no gang activity. There are no pod bosses or anything like that. The guards run a tight ship and anyone who is involved in anything goes into the SHU.
I do know, actually. My brother has been in jail for almost 2 years waiting for mental health transfer.
They could do it like they handle the commissary and also let family members pay for game time perhaps.
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That’s the punishment, your using the informal meaning.
the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence.
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I don’t really think you understand the depravity of man. And you cannot base every Federal Prison on one. Just gonna say that the saying that one bad apple can ruin the bunch is very much true.
Tucson USP had Whitey Bulger. They transferred him out when he became a problem, as they do with everyone. The federal BoP is pretty uniform in its policies. If you cause them any headaches at all, they’ll either isolate you indefiniately or transfer you to a state facility.