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Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

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Re: Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

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Kind of shitty that they immediately used the computers to fuck people over...

  The Ohio Inspector General says investigators found 
  an inmate used the computers to steal the identity 
  of another inmate, and then submit credit card 
  applications, and commit tax fraud. 

  One inmate, Adam Johnston, reportedly admitted to 
  applying for the credit cards, saying he just looked 
  through the ODRC system for a young inmate with a long 
  sentence, then used his information to get the cards.
You'd hope that, provided access to something rare, the use would be benign and reasonable.

Re: Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

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Kind of shitty that they immediately used the computers to fuck people over... The Ohio Inspector General says investigators found an inmate used the computers to steal the identity of another inmate, and then submit credit card applications, and commit tax fraud. One inmate, Adam Johnston, reportedly admitted to applying for the credit cards, saying he just looked through the ODRC system for a young inmate with a lo…

Blekko had a contract with a VPN provider for search, and they were very popular in Egypt during the Arab Spring. We were hoping that we were powering curiosity about freedom, but the query stream was... 100% porn queries.

Re: Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

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Kind of shitty that they immediately used the computers to fuck people over... The Ohio Inspector General says investigators found an inmate used the computers to steal the identity of another inmate, and then submit credit card applications, and commit tax fraud. One inmate, Adam Johnston, reportedly admitted to applying for the credit cards, saying he just looked through the ODRC system for a young inmate with a lo…

People end up in prison for a reason.

Though how I wish it wasn't so.

Re: Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

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Kind of shitty that they immediately used the computers to fuck people over... The Ohio Inspector General says investigators found an inmate used the computers to steal the identity of another inmate, and then submit credit card applications, and commit tax fraud. One inmate, Adam Johnston, reportedly admitted to applying for the credit cards, saying he just looked through the ODRC system for a young inmate with a lo…

I'm really surprised they did anything other than look at porn.

Re: Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

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post #6

Kind of shitty that they immediately used the computers to fuck people over... The Ohio Inspector General says investigators found an inmate used the computers to steal the identity of another inmate, and then submit credit card applications, and commit tax fraud. One inmate, Adam Johnston, reportedly admitted to applying for the credit cards, saying he just looked through the ODRC system for a young inmate with a lo…

People end up in prison for a reason. Though how I wish it wasn't so.

People have gone to the prison in the past solely because of the color of their skin or because of their religion. People today go to prison just for possessing a plant or criticizing their head of state. Let's not pretend that being in prison is anything other than a moral judgement rather than an indication of someone's character. It just makes it easier to dehumanize prisoners ("they deserve it") and harder for them to reintegrate ("they must have been a bad person to get into prison"). It's the same attitude where when someone does something drastic, people who knew them will say to the news "I never expected them to do such a thing" or "they were such a sweet person". It denies that we all have the potential to be criminals depending on societies POV and our own situation.

Re: Investigation finds inmates built computers and hid them in prison ceiling

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post #4

Here's hoping they didn't smuggle a full size ATX motherboard through the facility using the 'old fashioned' prison method. Or even a 3.5" SATA hard drive...

DVD drive...

Medium Tower ATX case. Ouch.
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