have you ever been to prison? it is a tough life in there. no matter what you did or whether you were wrongly accused for something, prison is not for everyone. it is obviously lonely as you gets separated away from your family. it can get boring, not being able to do what you want.
but gambling, even tho is prohibited, is often what entertains most prisoners. there is no actual money in prison so they often exchange in other forms of currencies like food or smuggled items. even their way of gambling is smuggled. cards, dice and even information from the outside are all smuggled.
the reason why gambling is prohibited tho is because it might escalate into fights if someone for example loses and doesn't pay their debts
just shows how gambling will always exist anywhere
I don't think if prisoners are allowed to gamble, because allowing prisoners means that you're still trying to worsting the case, because prison is a place of discipline so whatever thing that will make prisoners to misbehave will be avoided. Even if the government choose to make gambling in legal to prisoners and it happens that I'm one I wont even think of gambling, I still wonder how a prisoner Will choose to engage himself into gambling with his food when they berely eat, isn't that foolishness!! When their major concern is supposed to be on how they're going to feed well rather than gambling with the little that is given to them.
What you say is true and makes sense. Besides, I'm confused: if they gamble, what's at stake? I don't think they have money, although in films I've seen people with subordinates and bribing civilian leaders for certain purposes. Or perhaps power is at stake? But that seems unlikely, but even if they're prohibited from doing so, there might still be some who do it, with the stakes still questionable.
One thing that's certain is good behavior, which could possibly reduce their prison sentence, but if they gamble, it seems like it's outside the bounds of good behavior.