@QasimRashid I work with people in the criminal justice system. A lot of people dislike the idea that offenders should have, for example, smartphones. But really here in the UK at least internet access is essential to claim welfare benefits or job hunt. Increasingly people use messaging services or social media to keep in contact with friends and family, and offenders need that sort of social capital if they’re going to move out of a criminal lifestyle
@purplepadma @QasimRashid people dislike the idea that free offenders should have the tools other free people have to, as you say, exit a criminal lifestyle.
why? why are people cruel?