Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder (Wired)

"Murderers should be given an opportunity to think long and hard about the consequence of
actions they have chosen to take. This does not include (effectively) extending their
employment inside prison walls on day one of their imprisonment."

What if we are talking about a hobby here? Of course Reisers ambitions about coding for profit
wont fly while he's doing time. But what if he wants to code as a hobby? Last time I checked,
inmates are allowed to do things that could be considered hobbies. Things like sports,
writing, reading, playing an instrument etc. Why would coding be different?

Of course coding Reiser4 might be difficult since his net-access would be limited in the
extreme. But still.