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| Cell phones in prison called an "epidemic" |
| By 11alive.com - Jerry Carnes |
| Published: 01/19/2012 |
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SPARTA, Ga - Inmates at Hancock State Prison are still under 24-hour lockdown after a disturbance that prisoners likely planned using cell phones. "It's at an epidemic level," said Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens. "Cell phones in prison aren't about calling grandma for Thanksgiving. It's about power, it's about money, and often times it's about gangs." The November 25th uprising at Hancock injured twelve people. An investigative report says an inmate was stabbed while there were multiple fights in one area of the prison, while inmates in another area set fires, broke TVs, and entered an administration building where they set more fires. Owens believes the fires were used as a distraction to divert attention from the fights. "We believe the activity was synchronized and coordinated through illegal cell phones," said Owens. A relative of an inmate sent 11Alive pictures taken by cell phones during the disturbance. They show inmates setting fires as well as one inmate wearing what appears to be a corrections officers jacket. Owens insists the inmates were never in control. "We were in control the entire time," said Owens. "They were in confined areas." Read More. |
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