Cell phones in prison
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Cellular phones: a constant way to stay connected
How do you use your cellular phone?
Calls
Voicemail
Texting
Internet Usage
Others?
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?
Advancements of the Cell Phone
All of the ways you use it
Touch screens
iPod use
SizeZack Morris
Razor- thinner, smaller.
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
How is this happening?
Visitors
Inmates
Staff members$25 dollar-phone for $500
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
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
Is it worth it?
“Cell phones a growing problem in prisons” Dan Kane, McClatchy Newspapers