Cell phones in prison

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Cellular phones: a constant way to stay connected

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Cellular phones: a constant way to stay connected

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How do you use your cellular phone?

Calls

Voicemail

Texting

E-mail

Internet Usage

Others?

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What are the positive aspects of your cell phone?

What are the negative aspects of having a cell phone?

Are the older generations right?

If you forget your cell phone or lose power or service how do you feel?

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Advancements of the Cell Phone

All of the ways you use it

Touch screens

iPod use

SizeZack Morris

Razor- thinner, smaller.

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Four years ago, in Prison…

Instead of cigarettes, drugs and booze

In North Carolina this year alone– 140 phones

In South Carolina this year alone– 1,800 phones

In Texas this year alone– 700 phones20 on death row

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How is this happening?

Visitors

Inmates

Staff members$25 dollar-phone for $500

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How serious is this?

“It’s our worst problem right now.” – Spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections

Calling victims and harrassing them

Setting up attacks

Calling other prisonsIncident in North Carolina

Coordinate escapesIncident in Tennessee lead to death of correction officer

Continue running criminal enterprises outside prison

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Solution?

North Carolina– tighter checks for people entering and existing prisons

Dogs– picking up particular scent of cell phones

Laws to block cell phone signals

Felony charge for those who smuggle in cell phones

“It’s just another piece of the solution that we ought to have in the books in North Carolina.” Prison director

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Is it worth it?

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“Cell phones a growing problem in prisons” Dan Kane, McClatchy Newspapers