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<blockquote data-quote="akbearfoot" data-source="post: 4070930" data-attributes="member: 33560"><p>It's true that prisons have the ability to control/deny certain rights, in order to facilitate punishment/deterrance. However they have rules in place to control what/when/where they can excercise such options. They can't just decide to put someone in solitary because they feel like it, for example. Prisons can face liability when they do not enforce their rules equally.</p><p></p><p>If a prisoner is allowed to own/order books, then he should be able to own/order a D&D book...Or have a spouse bring one to him. If they say you can't own those particular books, and their only reason is because they contain violence, then I would expect most other books, basic cable, and most video games to similarly be banned.</p><p></p><p>Same goes for pencils and paper. If the specific prison does not allow them, then that is out of their control, but I honestly never considered that there could be many prisons with such tight security that inmates aren't allowed to write....logically they must also be forced to eat all food with their fingers since eating utinsils would be right out.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, if prisoners are allowed to spend time together in any sort, then I don't see what's to keep them from gathering to play D&D...Technically all they are doing is talking. In prisons where no one is allowed to speak then this might be an issue <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>If joe bob and his gang of hoodlums can take over the gym for 2 hours, then why can't my friends and I sit at this table and have a conversation for 2 hours? Because you felt like telling us no? Because we were commiting some sort of thought crime? Because umm...imagining stuff is against the rules?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akbearfoot, post: 4070930, member: 33560"] It's true that prisons have the ability to control/deny certain rights, in order to facilitate punishment/deterrance. However they have rules in place to control what/when/where they can excercise such options. They can't just decide to put someone in solitary because they feel like it, for example. Prisons can face liability when they do not enforce their rules equally. If a prisoner is allowed to own/order books, then he should be able to own/order a D&D book...Or have a spouse bring one to him. If they say you can't own those particular books, and their only reason is because they contain violence, then I would expect most other books, basic cable, and most video games to similarly be banned. Same goes for pencils and paper. If the specific prison does not allow them, then that is out of their control, but I honestly never considered that there could be many prisons with such tight security that inmates aren't allowed to write....logically they must also be forced to eat all food with their fingers since eating utinsils would be right out. Similarly, if prisoners are allowed to spend time together in any sort, then I don't see what's to keep them from gathering to play D&D...Technically all they are doing is talking. In prisons where no one is allowed to speak then this might be an issue :) If joe bob and his gang of hoodlums can take over the gym for 2 hours, then why can't my friends and I sit at this table and have a conversation for 2 hours? Because you felt like telling us no? Because we were commiting some sort of thought crime? Because umm...imagining stuff is against the rules? [/QUOTE]
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