From a criminal justice perspective (mine) it was a bad decision. Prisoners will attempt to misuse and abuse this decision to the detriment of the department of corrections and the state. At the very least it will cost the state money, time and resources best spent elsewhere to deal with this precedent in the courts.
CC
There is always a moral tension. Is a prisoner always expected to sacrifice all, for everything?
I mean why not a better surveillance system that doesn’t just yield up fuzzy, foggy artifacts when some court demands to see them, ending up concluding nothing?
I think the biggest problem would be “inmate legal scholars” who think it means their cell is defensible like their home in all regards.
“Man, get out my cell or I’ll kill you for trespassing!”
I understand your point. But isn’t a prisoner entitled to defend himself against imminent death or great bodily injury?