Title: How Do Prisoners Obtain Cell Phones?
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Content: Prisoners get these phones into their cells by smuggling. Sometimes it’s as simple as a friend or family member throwing a phone over the prison yard fence. Other smuggling operations are more complex, with a few cases involving guards participating in the smuggling for kickbacks on the side. Smuggling is a major problem in American prisons, with inmates securing items like cell phones, drugs, alcohol, and even weapons. While most prison systems are careful to prevent smuggling of dangerous items, cell phones are easier to smuggle, and prisons can’t shut down cellular service on their premises due to Federal Communications Commission regulations. Unfortunately, the prison phone system afforded to inmates encourages the smuggling of cell phones into prisons. Most phone programs charge prisoners expensive fees for phone time, sometimes with weekly or monthly limits. If an inmate has family on the outside, or an emergency occurs, he or she may use up such an allotment in a single day. Finding time to make calls is another problem for many inmates. In the face of these obstacles, using a smuggled cell phone is an easier, if riskier, option.