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| Civil rights groups protest prison Internet ban |
| By thefloridacurrent.com/ - Bill Cotterell |
| Published: 08/28/2013 |
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The Florida prison system's attempt to stop prisoners from communicating on the Internet has run into a threat of legal action by three inmate-rights advocacy organizations that contend inmates don't give up their First Amendment rights at the prison gate. The Department of Corrections this month withdrew a proposed administrative rule forbidding inmates to use the Internet at all. DOC spokeswoman Misty Cash said Tuesday that's already department policy, but that the agency thought a written rule is needed to prevent inmates from, for instance, plotting new crimes with cohorts on the outside, or using social media to con newfound friends. "They could be harassing or speaking to victims, all sorts of things," she said. "Inmates are not supposed to have Internet access anyway, so social media is definitely a no-no." Read More. |
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