Amnesty International in Denmark speaks for the use of computers in prisons

The Department of Probation and Prison Service in Denmark is having a new security concept in hearing. One of the subjects in the hearing deals with the use of Internet and use of computers in prisons. The Deputy general director A. Esdorf says that "computers properly will come to inmates with the new concept".

In the concept that is in hearing it is said that inmates in closed prisons should not have access to the Internet and Press Secretary from Amnesty International in Denmark Ole Hoff-Lund commented on the situation:

"Today we have inmates in prisons serving long time in prison that have never worked with a computer before. They are citizens without any knowledge about computers and they are set back whén they are released. It is important that they are familiar with computers when they are released".

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• Department of Probation and Prison Service in Denmark
• News Paper Jyllandsposten
• The article
• Amnesty International, Denmark