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Shrygue
March 29th, 2007, 20:14
via PS3 Fanboy (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/03/29/ps3-banned-from-british-prisons/)


Keystone Light -- the lager of the poor college student. Random comment aside, I realize that there is a possible segue way to the news at hand. If you drink underage, you may get incarcerated and spend a little time in jail. If you love your PS3, you won't do that... because PS3's are banned from jails. In Britain. How did that work? Less than optimal? Whatever, let's get on with it.

Home Secretary John Reid thought that allowing PS3's in prison could be dangerous, as they may "send and receive radio signals" across the country, thanks to the WiFi and PSP connectivity. To officially quote Reid on the subject: "Advice was issued to all prisons in December 2005 that the Sony PlayStation 3 was barred from the prison estate because of the equipment's ability to send and receive radio signals." So they definitely hit this one before it even became a problem. Does this upset anyone? Or would sitting around playing PS3 all day be too good for those who made mistakes?
kaffie
March 29th, 2007, 20:35
Next up will be Nintendo offering to create a virtual Community Service replacement featuring Rubbish Picking and Canal Dredging using the Wii remote.
Tree
March 29th, 2007, 21:07
lmao mate i lauthed proper when i read that lmao :P i love it if UK prisions see it and did it i would lauth till i die :P
JKKDARK
March 29th, 2007, 23:33
yeah that's nice, PS3 should be banned in every place
Triv1um
March 29th, 2007, 23:41
I have a idea.
No entertainment for prisions.

some prisoners have a better life in there than they do out of prision.

bread and water people.
Tree
March 29th, 2007, 23:45
I have a idea.
No entertainment for prisions.

some prisoners have a better life in there than they do out of prision.

bread and water people.

i no init ... my uncle worked for a constuction site right near one nd he talked to someone in a cell from the outside and the man inside didnt want to leave ... cinimas nd everything in der ... so all hes gonna do is do something so fked up he can spend alot more time in der