In Scott Alexander’s article about his IRB nightmare, he writes that one of the problems he faced is that the rules both said that documents have to be signed by ballpoint pen and that the involved patients are only allowed to use pencils.
Politically, there seems to be a similar issue in the case of Joshua Schulte who’s imprisoned under poor conditions by the US and who’s complained were rejected because they were not filled out with a ballpoint pen when he was also not being able to use ballpoint pens due to being under suicide watch rules.
Is there any way to construct a pencil to fulfill the legal criteria that would allow its use in those cases?
[Question] Is there a good solution for documents that need to be signed with a ballpoint pen under suicide watch?
In Scott Alexander’s article about his IRB nightmare, he writes that one of the problems he faced is that the rules both said that documents have to be signed by ballpoint pen and that the involved patients are only allowed to use pencils.
Politically, there seems to be a similar issue in the case of Joshua Schulte who’s imprisoned under poor conditions by the US and who’s complained were rejected because they were not filled out with a ballpoint pen when he was also not being able to use ballpoint pens due to being under suicide watch rules.
Is there any way to construct a pencil to fulfill the legal criteria that would allow its use in those cases?