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| OpEd: Give prisons ability to block cell calls |
| By The Greenville News |
| Published: 09/15/2008 |
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SOUTH CAROLINA - State prison officials should have the ability to block cell phone calls from inmates. Doing so could save time and money, and it would make inmates, [officers] and residents of South Carolina safer. According to a recent Greenville News report, cell phones are a major headache for state prison officials. According to that report, cell phones smuggled into prison are used by inmates to conduct criminal activity such as making threats, extorting money, engaging in credit card or tax fraud, and making drug deals. Phones also undermine prison security if they are used to warn other inmates of prison searches or to keep watch for prison [officers], according to that report. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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