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| Legislative bill proposes outlawing social media access to state inmates |
| By blog.al.com - Paul Gattis, The Huntsville Times |
| Published: 03/01/2012 |
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A bill moving through the Alabama State House would make it illegal for state inmates to interact with the outside world through social media. The proposed law would also put more teeth into curtailing what the state Department of Corrections described as the biggest contraband problem in prisons. Cell phones are the gold standard in prisons these days, according to Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett. Prison officials confiscated more than 5,000 cell phones systemwide last year that had been smuggled behind bars. "They have kind of replaced drugs as the contraband of choice because a person can do so many things with it," Corbett said. Including threatening a murder victim's family via Facebook, which a state inmate allegedly did recently. That incident led state Rep. Phil Williams, R-Monrovia, to introduce House Bill 258, which would make it a misdemeanor not only for an inmate to take part in social media but also for anyone on the outside to aid them. Williams received an email from the family after last year's legislative session ended. When this one began, he didn't forget the email. "There was something special about this (email)," Williams said. "The lady told a story about how her father had been murdered and the inmate in prison someway or another had access to Facebook and he was sending out veiled threats to her and others about what he would do when he got out. Read More. |
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