Weâve heard how the PS3âs Cell processor can be used for not just games, but other things like cancer research. But prison breaks? That, we hadnât heard. Until now.
Apparently inmates at Rye Hill prison, near Rugby in the United Kingdom, had been âfound to be using the consolesâ built-in wireless connections to chat to friends outside prisonâ.
Because this posed a security threat to the prison â as in, theyâd use the PS3âs messaging client to organise stuff like escape plots, or to get drugs sent in â the wardens have confiscated all the consoles in the place.
Before you wail âwhy do they have them in the first placeâ, I used to work with a guy who spent 10 years in whatâs known as Corrective Services (state prison wardens) down here. And he said theyâd rather give inmates a TV and/or console to keep them busy than have the crims occupy themselves with less productive pursuits. Like stabbing each other.
Prisons: Inmatesâ PlayStations banned amid escape fears [The Guardian, via VG247] [Image]
