Inmates get laptops to plan release appeals (via Deadline Press & Picture Agency)

I suppose if you are too poor to afford a laptop you could always commit a crime in Scotland and get one for two days.

By Michael MacLeod CRIMINALS have been granted access to laptop computers in Scottish prisoncells. Inmates are restricted to using the devices to prepare legal documents and prison bosses insist they cannot access the internet. But critics fear the system could be hacked to “orchestrate crimes.” A ban on laptops was lifted earlier this year for one inmate, sparking fears that the precedent could lead to others claiming laptops are a human right. … Read More

via Deadline Press & Picture Agency