Convicted Serial Killers spend quality time with their Wiis

[Dari]

This is one reason why I believe in capital punishment. Just kill them. No fuss, no muss.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nintendo-Wii-Console-Games-Convict,news-5465.html

Convicted serial killers evidently get to spend quality time with the Nintendo Wii.

Britain's The Sun reports that Broadmoor Hospital--home to some of Britain's most notorious serial killers--has shelled out taxpayer money to install twenty-two Nintendo Wii consoles. The hospital has even placed an order for extra Wii remotes so that the convicts can play together. Even more, the consoles will be hooked up to plasma TVs although the brand and screen size were not disclosed.

"This cash could have been spent improving care in the wider NHS," said a "source" within the hospital. "In the meantime all we hear is laughter as patients play with their new toys." The source also questioned if its right for society to pay for the consoles knowing "the crimes and misery" these serial killers have caused.

The source goes on to paint a picture of the serial killers playing the Wii: the "Yorkshire Ripper" throwing a round of ten pin bowling while convicted murderer Robert Napper watches the game with a big happy grin. The report also indicates that these serial killers will also receive Wii Fit games, adding to their library of fun.

So what's the deal? These convicts get to terrorize and kill civilians and then get locked up with their favorite video games? A spokesperson for the Broadmoor Hospital told The Sun that the consoles are part of the overall treatment, and the Wii Fit is geared to increase their amount of exercise.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Hospital. . . patients. . . treatment. . . I think there is a different problem here.

 

[Proprioceptive]

Wtmff????

 

[SirStev0]

The source was probably a xbox fanboy mad that the wii is still outselling everyone.


Seriously it sounds like it is a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. It is probably replacing the checkers and board games.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that's pretty sad. I would agree for maybe the people who are there for stupid crimes like piracy or taking drugs, but killers? Killers,sex offenders, and those types should be in a 2' x 2' x 5' cell with no light and very minimum food and water. and why are murderers in a hospital? They should not have access to health care.

 

[DrPizza]

I think the basic idea was conveyed in the movie The Green Mile. Keep the inmates happy. They're in there for the rest of their lives, and the guards have to deal with these killers every day.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Killers,sex offenders, and those types should be in a 2' x 2' x 5' cell with no light and very minimum food and water.

Is that what Jesus would have wanted?

 

[Hacp]

I'm starting to think life in prison ain't so bad. Free meals, a warm place to sleep, and you get to play video games as an added bonus.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'm all for the organ banks, but if you are going to warehouse the criminally insane instead of harvest their organs it makes sense to keep them docile.

$4,400 is cheap if it prevents the crazies from trying to shiv their caretakers.

 

[keird]

Two words:

Coleco Vision

 

[Bulk Beef]

and why are murderers in a hospital? They should not have access to health care.

You really are kind of a knucklehead sometimes.