Alpha Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 The Swedish prison service has banned PlayStations and other gaming systems in its prisons, according to reports in the Swedish press. The Internet connectivity and inherent unmonitored communication in the current generation of consoles proved to be too much of a security risk, officials said. "To a certain extent, these games are harmless, but with some technical skills, they can be used for communication," the head of prison security Christer Isaksson told the Sydsvenska Dagbladet newspaper. Some reports claim that some inmates had built small mobile telephones into the sides of their consoles. Furthermore, prison officials worry that prisoners are using memory cards to disseminate information to the outside world. The move is a result of recent calls for better security at Swedish prisons. Two separate jailbreaks occurred at high-security prisons in the last two weeks. Both saw long-term prisoners aided by outside assistance. In one case, an entire carful of armed accomplices facilitated the escape of an inmate. All fugitives have since been captured. By Benjamin Golze -- GameSpotPOSTED: 08/13/04 01:51 PM PSTCredits: http://gamespot.com============================= I didn't even know they had Playstation in Prison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatal Rose Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Neither did i. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Interesting...prison doesn't sound so bad in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 (edited) they prob have ps's in jails in the US too...and Australia. Prison would still suck huge amount of balls though. PS when I first started reading this article I thought it was another video-games-turning-people-violent story. Especially when a riot was mentioned. Anyone else think similarly? Edited August 16, 2004 by random guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 It is different from the prison here They dun have the basic human rights at the prison here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someboddy Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Interesting...prison doesn't sound so bad in Sweden.It is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 they prob have ps's in jails in the US too...and Australia. Prison would still suck huge amount of balls though. PS when I first started reading this article I thought it was another video-games-turning-people-violent story. Especially when a riot was mentioned. Anyone else think similarly?Games Don't Make People Violent! TAKING THEM AWAY DOES!!Now I Wonder How It's Gonna Be, And It's A Max Security Prison... ISOLATION... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 (edited) Looks like our neighbors made a groundbreaking change... not. Damn swedes, I didn't know the had the brains to start making communication devices from consoles. HAND. Edited August 16, 2004 by Agozer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I just wonder how they do that I would like my PS2 to be PS2 - cum - mobile phone - cum -fax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montpics Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 You never know what they are really can do with little things on their side. Watch out for them though. Seemingly they are very dangerous in prison. PlayStation in prison? lol..... They're given too much freedom in prison though, unlike in my country that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 IMO, each penetentary needs hookers so that no one gets ass raped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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