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4. Widescreen TV, Computer are two items..

Prison Guards WANT their prisoners to have such items, for it keeps the prisoners entertained and thus not plotting against the Guards. Cell phones are illegal, but some prisons do permit landlines, for their can monitor such landlines.

Federal Prisons tend NOT to permit such luxuries, more do to Congressional interference with how the Guards want to handle their prisoners then the Federal Guards NOT wanting their prisoners to have such items.

Please note, most violent criminals are in STATE SYSTEMS, for most crimes of violence are state crimes NOT Federal Crimes. Less then 7.9% of Federal prisoners are violent criminals, over 50% are in for drug offenses. On the other hand 52.4% of State Prisoners are in prison for Violent Crimes (and this has been increasing since 2002, when it was at 21.6% of State Prisoners).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#Violent_and_nonviolent_crime

Thus State Prison Guards face much more violent criminals then do Federal Guards and why State Prisons tend to leave the prisoners have things to keep them entertained, just to reduce the risk of violence to the Guards.