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| Inmates party, display drugs & cash in Facebook posts and video |
| By fox59.com |
| Published: 02/02/2017 |
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A Channel 4 I-Team investigation reveals more than 100 inmates in Tennessee prisons operating their own Facebook pages, displaying photos and videos of drugs, cash and parties while they are behind bars. The Facebook posts raise serious questions for the Tennessee Department of Corrections because the inmates aren't supposed to have internet access and cell phones are prohibited in prisons. The photos and videos show inmates claiming to be using drugs, smoking, hoarding snacks, giving each other tattoos, and in one photograph, burning clothes inside a cell. "Anyone who sees those videos, they're going to be sickened by it. They're going to be angry," said Verna Wyatt, executive director of Tennessee Voices for Victims, an advocacy group for crime victims. The Channel 4 I-Team found inmates using Facebook not only to communicate instantly with family and friends, but also to talk to inmates in other prisons. Read More. |
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