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		lapsedacademic on Jan 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: People behave more sadistically when they’re bored > confiscating books Deb Alderson's Global Tel*Link is replacing libraries with locked down tablets that have e-reader apps. Inmates are charged a couple bucks an hour for access to the tablet and are limited to 90 minutes of reading time. E.g., https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/11/allegheny-county-jail-li... https://moguldom.com/241982/exploiting-prisoners-w-virginia-...

elliekelly on Jan 12, 2022 [–]

Tangentially related, a few years ago the New Yorker published a wonderful article about reading in prison called "A Prisoner's Reading List": https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-prisoners-read...

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