Criminalize Cell Phone Smuggling

Discoveries of contraband cell phones in California prisons doubled in 2008 from the year before to 2,800. Cell phones smuggled into prisons can be used by inmates to circumvent monitoring of conversations, and to orchestrate criminal activity, plan escapes, and be a menace outside of prison walls. While it is currently a rules violation for an inmate to possess a cell phone, there are no criminal penalties for inmates, their associates, visitors, or staff who might be engaged in cell phone smuggling. SB 434 would institute criminal penalties designed to act as a deterrent to prison cell phone smuggling.

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News & Politics

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• CDCR
• California
• prison
• cell
• phone
• illegal
• inmates
• smuggling

[virgolove2010]

the cell phones come from the officers, I did a year with my friend and we communicated by cell phone every day.

The guards charge the inmates anywhere from 300 - 800 and then when they bust them for having it they re-sell it again, it is the inmates only way to communicate without costing their loved ones thousands of dollars not for escape! It is also the way the crooked guards get extra money... look at your paid staff!!!!!cdc!!!

[devine91960]

Where do they think the cell phones are coming from. My husband in incarcerated and the drugs and the cell phones are brought in by staff. The sell phones go from anywhere from $400. to 600., payed for by the families. CDC needs to look at their employees for the contraband that is brought into the prisons. They are paid great money but they are greedy. Then they will turn around and bust the guy for having a cell phone. It is amazing to me how ignorant the public is on CDC. Read up!

[lovelybrat27]

INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE USE OF CELL PHONES THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON THE DRUG USE AND WHO IS SMUGGLING IN DRUGS. JUST ACCEPT THE INMATES ARE SMARTER THN THE OFFICERS OF THE FACILITY. YOU WILL NEVER TSTOP THE USE OF CELL PHONES.

[joneskesh20]

Inmates are not trying to escape lol they only want their love ones to have cheap calls smh!!

[ballinnYogi]

my cellphone doesnt even work in the subway but it works fine in jail

[Millmite1]

The collect calls for out of state family is ridiculous. Cell phone sure made it a lot easier to communicate with my family member. $50 for just 20 min. is not fair.... Yes, I agree inmates should not have cell phones, but why should these phone companies be aloud to profit so much off the backs of their loved ones?

[hdyudu]

not inless if it has some to do with law inforcement and safety like heare thay are

also aloud for school and job wise use such as keeping enployies or studens from useing thim during work and school hours in that building movie theaters are aloud to use thim to keep people from yackking on thare cell phone when a movie is beeing played

[nightkraawler]

if inmates love to talk to their family so much, why do they do stupid shit that sends them to jail, wha-wha-whatever!!!

[noblelies]

Cellphone jammers would solve this problem, but stupid FCC still has them banned, even for legit purposes like this.

[MrMrsSencion]

i had 5 cell phones my last time in jail ... 3 virgin movile and 2 verizon ... from 7/2009 to 12/2009 ... and got caught with all ... one at a time of course ... FUCK THE SYSTEM !!