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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Ind. Law - Cellphones in prisons

The problem of cellphones in prisons is the focus of this story today by Marisa Kwiatkowski of the NWI Times. A quote:

Sarah Pender orchestrated her escape from Rockville Correctional Facility in 2008 using contraband cellphones and a network of accomplices.

Pender, who was featured as one of "America's Most Wanted's" Top Ten Fugitives before her capture, showed state prison officials the danger of prisoners using technology behind bars.

Todd Tappy, deputy chief of internal affairs in the Indiana Department of Correction, said cellphones rival weapons as a top threat to safety in Indiana's prisons.

Prisoners have used cellphones to traffic drugs and tobacco, organize assaults, intimidate witnesses and victims, order people killed or coordinate escapes — as Pender did. Unlike calls made through the prison system, prison officials can't monitor inmates' cellphone calls.

Here is a list of earlier ILB entries on this topic.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 27, 2011 02:09 PM
Posted to Indiana Law