The New Jersey Supreme Court has overturned a blanket ban on internet access as a condition of parole for a convicted sex offender, citing the global computer network’s pervasive reach into all aspects of contemporary life.
Calling the internet “a basic need and one of the most meaningful ways to participate in the essentials of everyday life,” the court overturned a decision by the State Parole Board barring appellant J.I. from using a computer or accessing the internet for any reason. The Appellate Division affirmed the Parole Board, but the Supreme Court sent the case back to the board for a hearing on whether the total computer and internet ban serves any public safety, rehabilitation or other penological goal.
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