Seattle Prisoners Have Learned How to Turn Their State-Issued Tablets Into Weapons

In this Not the Bee article, staff report on Seattle prisoners who have figured out how to weaponize their state-issued tablets, highlighting yet another failure of progressive criminal justice policies.

• Inmates discovered methods to modify or repurpose the tablets into dangerous weapons, raising serious security concerns within the facilities.
• The incident exposes flaws in the state’s approach to inmate rehabilitation and technology distribution without adequate safeguards.
• Critics point to soft-on-crime policies and reduced oversight as contributing factors enabling such ingenuity for violence.
• The story adds to a litany of examples where liberal experiments in criminal justice prioritize comfort over public safety and institutional control.
• Not the Bee mocks the absurdity of providing high-tech devices to prisoners only for them to be turned against guards and staff.
• The article calls for a return to common-sense incarceration focused on punishment, deterrence, and genuine rehabilitation rather than misguided leniency.

Read the full story:
https://notthebee.com/article/report-seattle-prisoners-have-learned-how-to-turn-their-state-issued-tablets-into-weapons/