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Prisoners use contraband cellphones to broadcast on Periscope, ask for money
By newswest9.com
Published: 08/23/2016

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -

Prisoners in one of Alabama's maximum-security prisons are using illegal cellphones smuggled in to cell blocks to broadcast live on Periscope up to five times a day.

If an inmate is caught with a cellphone they can face an extra felony charge just for having it, but that's not stopping these inmates broadcasting live on smartphones from their cell blocks.

Over a period of 48 hours last week, we watched at least a dozen broadcasts from two different inmates inside Holman's A block, and they didn’t seem to be worried about being spotted by guards or followers watching these broadcasts.

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