Australia is testing technology
that is intended to stop prisoners from using mobile phones to
communicate with the outside world. Prisoners deserve to be locked up
safely away from the community but don't they have some rights? This is
like throwing then into the "cooler" and separating them from other
people for days on end.
Relatives
are not prevented from visiting them. It just seems that blocking
communication is extreme. This is an added punishment like introducing
legislation retrospectively. When people committed crimes that led to
incarceration they had no idea that they would be cut off from the
outside world in such a draconian way.
It
is known that some criminals use mobile phones to continue crime on the
outside. But is this grounds enough to stop communication for everyone
in prison? Clearing prisons of mobile phones is an ongoing problems
with hundreds of them being confiscated each year. When jamming is used
it stops emergency calls getting through. And ordinary citizens in the
community close to a prison will be blocked as well.
It
seems to be a "knee-jerk" reaction to solve a perceived problem. Many
government sponsored initiatives appear to be silly "after the fact".
This is another one that fits into this category.
Law by Ty Buchanan
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