Actually just saw someone talking about this. Apparently although it looks/seems a little dystopian it is actually crazy effective. Like eliminating entire cell blocks of solitary confinement it works so well effective. I heard quotes from the prisoners along the lines of, “seeing these people just living their everyday lives out here made me want that and feel like I deserved it too”

ngl this seems significantly better than the alternative which is give them nothing. obviously solitary confinement as a concept is questionable but prisons using technology to offer prisoners entertainment and stuff is good and we should support that

No fucking way this is real imma check

edit: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california

Is it really solitary confinement though, when you’re right next to another guy, and two prison guards are staring at your junk?

help them cope with the trauma so we can retraumatize them better

Wouldn’t it be easier to just accept that the typical prison system doesn’t work?