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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5069624" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'll just add a few things:In most prisons, anything related to gambling or potentially usable for gambling is considered contraband, including things like dice.  Now, I've never seen someone play craps with D20s, but I'm sure someone with a lot of time on their hands could do so.Yes, prisons DO have boardgames.  However, in those cases, the games are usually kept in a centralized location, and the pieces- dice included- are checked when they're returned to the custodian.IOW, it may still be possible to play a RPG in a prison...but you may not be able to have possession of the game books and dice in your cell.  The game materials would be kept in the rec center or library, and that's where the games would probably be played.As for the case in general?While I can't agree with the expert's characterization of the game, his conclusions about the game's effect on the prison populace may be accurate.  I know kids in middle school or HS who got picked on because of D&D, and prison in infinitely more cruel.  People get shivved over shoes or toast...what happens if someone disses your PC?And the fact of the matter is this- the man is in prison, and its up to him to prove his chosen activity is not disruptive to the prison society.  He failed.</blockquote>