Dungeons & Dragons Ban Upheld at Waupun Correctional Institution

Link to January 27 New York Times article, "Court Upholds Prison Ban on Dungeons & Dragons".

Excerpt: Prison officials said they had banned the game at the recommendation of the prison’s specialist on gangs, who said it could lead to gang behavior and fantasies about escape.

Dungeons & Dragons could “foster an inmate’s obsession with escaping from the real-life correctional environment, fostering hostility, violence and escape behavior,” prison officials said in court. That could make it more difficult to rehabilitate prisoners and could endanger public safety, they said.

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“We are pleased with the ruling,” said John Dipko, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, who added that the prison rules “enable us to continue our mission of keeping our state safe.”

Raise your hand if you feel safer already.

My favorite headline of all the many/many I found doing a Google search.

"Prison Ban of Dungeons & Dragons (no its not the Onion!)"