Have you ever spent any time in the tank, Jim?

I have. And I can tell you, they could've set me up with a ps3, wii, and a 360, and it wouldn't have made it any less of a hellish nightmare.

I have to pay $400 when I could just kidnap a friends kid and get it for free? Well, be right back, I need to get my burlap sack and duct tape.

"She is extremely unpopular with other cons and is kept apart from them," says a prison source. "There is an obvious fear that she will be a target for other criminals who want to get her back for what she did to her little girl."

Sounds about right. I say throw her in with them, then we will see if she regrets what she did. You should get what you deserve when you do something that other inmates think is vile. INMATES!

Wait, wait, wait. I thought Video games made people violent criminals. Will these people please get their story straight.

"I have. And I can tell you, they could've set me up with a ps3, wii, and a 360, and it wouldn't have made it any less of a hellish nightmare."

The point, you're missing it. Prison is supposed to be a "hellish nightmare". It's not supposed to be time out, or a babysitter, or Six Flags. It's supposed to be a punishment, in accordance of something bad that the perpetrator did, and you shouldn't be receiving anything that would make your stay a positive experience other than books and food that keeps you in decent condition.

Tried an orphanage Jim?

Hope it electrocutes the bitch, I'm tired of seeing her scummy face on TV. She deserves everything the other inmates are willing to throw at her.

Agrees with Coonskin. If prison was doing it right, it is hell. Seems this one is doing it wrong.

No words, I have no words. And just because someone else requested it.

I heard the only game she gets to play is Mist of Chaos....

Who's crying? Not I. Not Mr. Sterling. Jim just reported on a story, and we as commenters are commenting. I don't see where the tears come into play.

The problem here is that you don't seem to understand cause and effect. You say this: "Not having to watch my back due to threats of death is a better deal." You get that deal because you didn't do anything deserving of going to jail. She did, so she went to jail. Jail's not like some random lottery, where this woman just got sent to after they drew her name out of a hat. The fact that the inmates want her dead is a result of the fact that she manipulated her daughter for her own monetary gain.

Have you ever heard of Anthony Stockelman? He was arrested for the rape and murder of a 10 year old girl. Guess what happened when he got to prison? He got fucking beaten within inches of his life. Do I feel bad for Mr. Stockelman? No, not in the least. That's because he got what he deserved. That is what should happen to our Karen Matthews (not that she should be beaten to near-death, that she should get what she deserves), and she does not deserve a PlayStation 3, which, like I said previously, many innocent little children in Britain go without.

who cares, is this supposed to incite debate? could've done with out this one.

Oh my dear lord, this thread got stupid fast.

I might understand if she got it for good behavior... or worked towards it...but giving it too her because she's unpopular and keeps to herself? Doesn't make sense. Why not get her a PC and WoW and make here even more of a hermit.

I rather go to jail than get a free ps3

*"...the money paid to the government..."

isn't the point of prison to reform these criminals so they don't commit these type of actions once again? If getting her a ps3 helps this process then so be it. If she's is going to try and take the reward money from kidnapping her own daughter she obviously must not have alot of money herself and maybe by giving her one of those luxuries she can learn to get it through hard work not make her life shittier in prison just so she can try and pull the same shit later

How is the act of handing someone a prize going to teach them the value of hard work? She didn't work for that system, she behaved well. How does that make any sense at all? If I behave well outside of jail, will that garner me a PS3? Absolutely not. So how will this gift reform this woman and allow her to better fit in with our society, if the concept is not based on the reality of our society at all? Your logic is flawed.

I wonder what that hag Nancy Grace on CNN Headline news would say about this? Oh wait, she's too worried about that missing white girl Caylee in Florida to give a shit about anyone who isn't American or Caucasian. Oh wait, CNN isn't about journalistic integrity! Let those "blog-thingys" worry about "integrity". They aren't even sponsored by erection pills and lawyers offices!

I have something that might help this situation: MANDATORY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED STERILIZATION! Pass a series of psychological, financial, and logical test and maybe you can squirt out a screaming fetus. If you fail, then you go to the Soylent Green factory and squirt out meals for the criminals playing their PSTriples.

Oh, and one of my favorite quotes from Bioshock: "Until Adam, you could no more domesticate a child than a boa constrictor."

It's to help them back into society. Not all criminals are insane. The law is here to protect us not condem us. sure it might be a waste of taxpayer money but do not believe in reformation. You might suspect that some people don't believe in putting colleges classes in prison's either. Believe me there are criminals, the criminally insane, and the desperate.

I hope she gets Lair........

Cunt.

>:(

I had an interesting conversation with a bleeding heart liberal once. Apparently, if only we just give criminals brand new cars and cell phones, they will instantly turn into good, productive members of society. I'm not sure how that works, but it just goes to show how flawed the liberal ideology towards criminals is.

I think that this woman has had a rather chaotic ride up until imprisonment. You have to look at the points raised in the article - multiple kids, the majority of which from different fathers. This as well as the rather misguided 'staged kidnap' indicate a person who isn't really stable at all in her home life. Whether that is her fault or not it's not really the point.

The point here that most of you are fixating on, is the PS3, your anger at her getting one seems to be the core at which you are basing your arguements on. The fact is, that if this woman wasn't given a PS3, it wouldn't be on this site. Regardless of whether the PS3 should or shouldn't have been given to her, it was deemed by the prison system to be an important facet of her rehabilitation. If it does then cool, but if it does, at least some of you can justify why she was able to play Fallout 3 before you could this christmas.

Of course, casting the PS3 aside, all of her actions up until now are serious and a clear example of the system over here in Britain failing someone through the course of their life. However, if you are going to make comments about the country as a whole based on one womans horrific lifestyle then you might want to turn your attention to most westernised countries as I assure you, there are people who do just as crazy things in life as a faked kidnapping....

@crxs:

New Labour have shown that doing the opposite does absolutely fuck all, so I'm all for trying that.