Prison Blogs
Michelle Malkin writes about prisoners who run blogs. In response to the question “This is an experiment, but wouldn’t it be great to see every death row inmate with a blog?” she replies:
No, it wouldn’t. I don’t think it would be “great” for Satanic serial killer Richard Ramirez or convicted murderer Scott Peterson to be allowed to blog about their breakfasts and their workouts and their appeals and their sick fantasies and their online girlfriends.
I don’t think it would be “great” to see convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal blogging about his favorite razors and digital cameras and what’s playing on his iPod.
I don’t think it would be “great” for prison officials to allow these Death Row convicts to flaunt their lives on the Internet while the relatives of those they brutally murdered suffer.
Michelle Malkin: Prison Blogging?!?!
Hm, I sort of tend to think it might be good, for those same reasons. Prison has its share of riots and rapes and violence, but I really don’t think people are quite aware of how nice it can be sometimes. Cable TV? Internet access? I think if prisoners ran blogs, people would be outraged at the amount of freedom afforded them, and perhaps something might be done about it.
People aren’t worried about giving prisoners perks like fitness centers or cable TV because they don’t really affect the outside world. But if a perk was given that would make the world painfully aware of how much leeway some prisoners have, it might just get their attention.
