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Prisons: Cell phone curbs warranted
By clarionledger.com
Published: 01/20/2012

Mississippi officials are correct to add to the penalties for cell phone use in state prisons - to deter illegal enterprises behind bars.

Chris Epps, commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, has done a herculean job in trying to prevent such abuses.

As The Clarion-Ledger reported: Cell phones are "the biggest contraband items that we have," said Epps.

MDOC has confiscated at least 3,400 cell phones from inmates and Facebook pages created using smartphones from behind prison walls, he said.

Prison officials have also increased efforts to eradicate illegal cell phones, including:

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