This was literally a plot point during the <i>Trailer Park Boys: Jail</i> series where the boys used a drone to bring in weed and a flat screen television to the Nova Scotia prison.<p>I feel like this is the most Canadian story ever.
A junior product manager at DJI could have spotted this as a risk on day two. This is a predictable problem that is completely solvable, if only the company had an interest in doing so. There are a lot of people who have done a lot less who are currently sitting in prison.
Drones are now used as weapons as well, which means we need to figure out a good counter to them anyway.<p>Some (most?) prisons are near built-up areas, which means non-kinetic solutions.<p>- glue-ball cannon<p>- EMP cannon<p>- water cannon<p>- an eagle
Boredom is mind damaging too. Drugs could be alleviating a prisoners mental suffering by allowing a mental escape. And preserving their mental health in the long run. Something worth preserving assuming the person will reintegrate to society. But that probably depends on the person's propensity to get addicted.<p>If they will allow prisoners to MAID themselves, why is it worse to let them use drugs to reduce their suffering?<p>The bigger issue, IMHO (more damaging to society) is government corruption (looting, no bid contracts, bribes, over budget, under delivery services, and just comically bad ideas being funded). Billions of dollars have been misappropriated. And it's all legal. Or near legal, as white collar crime is rarely punished. And it can eventually turn into inflation and a declining standard of living.