[HN Gopher] Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, but Al...
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       Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, but Allows Hitler's
       Mein Kampf
        
       Author : davideads_tmp
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2023-06-20 21:21 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.themarshallproject.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.themarshallproject.org)
        
       | superchroma wrote:
       | A good choice, really.
        
       | extasia wrote:
       | There's a joke about Java and OOP somewhere in there, trying to
       | break free!
        
       | fsagx wrote:
       | How can they discount the possibility that inmates may annex
       | Austria and invade Poland?
        
       | paxys wrote:
       | Can't risk inmates developing useful skills and escaping the
       | prison industrial complex.
        
       | davideads_tmp wrote:
       | Ohio prevented incarcerated people from receiving books about
       | programming computers like Joshua Bloch's "Effective Java"
       | because they "pose a threat to the rehabilitation of inmates" and
       | prison security.
        
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