The Netherlands' justice minister has proposed putting a personal
computer in every prison cell in the country, in one of the more unusual
measures under consideration by the Dutch government to reduce the
national deficit.
It's not quite as exciting as it sounds at first," ministry spokesman
Jaap Oosterveer said Friday. He says the computers would be
stripped-down machines with no email and little or no Internet access.
The main reason for installing them would be to reduce the amount of
time worked by guards. Oosterveersays prisoners would use computers to
fill in their food, visiting and exercise schedules.
But there is also an educational element in Minister Fred Teeven's
plan, as prisoners eligible for release may be allowed to use the
computers for approved study programs.
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