New Texas rule could lead to drop in membership for S2

[SlyPokerDog]

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/14/criminal-justice-department-banning-inmates-social/

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Fascist pricks.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Good thing the mental hospitals aren't part of this, then we wouldn't have any moderators.

 

[jlprk]

The article doesn't address how the prison system will enforce its internal rules/policies on the outside world, social media. Running a web page about a specific prisoner's complaints is legal, so I don't see how they can stop it.

Their motive, of course, is transparent. They don't want non-victims of the legal system to know what really goes down by hearing first-hand accounts. They want to filter such knowledge first through lawyers, then water it down again through the media, leaving the information so diluted that it has no effect on readers.

 

[jlprk]

Debate just started!

http://www.cnn.com/

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Texas officials probably think Instagram is a way to sneak drugs into prisons so fast they can't stop it.

 

[ripcityboy]

I can't imagine the contracted companies that force inmates to buy cell phones at ridiculous rates for service are happy about this. This will limit the amount that extort from incarcerated prisoners and their extended families.