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1,000 Cell Phones Smuggled Into CA Prisons

Inmate Swallows Cell Phone
Cell phones are dangerous, not because of radiation or electric fields, but because they can help prisoners organize. In the last year, the state of California has confiscated over 1,000 mobile phones from prisoners, and one can only guess how many are still in circulation.

Law enforcement officials are afraid that inmates could organize simultaneous riots in all of the state's 33 correctional facilities, or hatch an escape plot via text messages or the internet.

Having a cell phone can also be very lucrative for a prisoner, potentially more lucrative than drugs. Inmates can rent the phone to other prisoners for up to $20 for 5 minutes. A perk of this business for the inmates is that it's not a felony, so if they get busted (again), there will likely be no additional jail time.

That said, selling drugs does have one advantage: Its hard to look slick trying to inconspicuously palm off a Nokia N76.

From Textually.org

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