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| Law Could Criminalize Jail Cell Phones |
| By technolog.msnbc.msn.com |
| Published: 02/04/2011 |
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A lawmaker in California has had it with the hijinks of prison inmates who get cell phones smuggled to them, and plans to introduce legislation to criminalize cell phones in prison. State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, said Thursday he is introducing Senate Bill 26 in the coming weeks in the California Legislature. Inmates who are found with a cell phone in their possession could lose credit for time served, and inmates who use a cell phone "to facilitate a crime" could face added time served of two, three or five years. The bill would also make it a misdemeanor, with a maximum $5,000 fine possible, for prison employees and visitors who have the "intent" to smuggle or give a cell phone to an inmate. The announcement about the bill comes a day after news that killer Charles Manson was caught a second time with a smuggled cell phone in his prison cell in early January. Last year, prison guards discovered that Manson had a cell phone hidden under his mattress. He used the phone to call and text people in California, Florida, New Jersey and British Columbia. In December, The Los Angeles Times reported that contraband cell phones "are becoming so prevalent in California prisons that guards can't keep them out of the hands of the most ... violent inmates: Even Charles Manson, orchestrator of one of the most notorious killing rampages in U.S. history," referring to the 1969 murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people. Read More. |
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