Title: How Do Prisoners Obtain Cell Phones?
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Content: Recently, the Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System (TRULINCS) became a standard service in American prisons, offering an easier means of communication between prisoners and their contacts on the outside. However, loopholes in the TRULINCS system allow some prisoners access to social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Despite increasing availability of communication amenities and computer access, many inmates are somehow obtaining smartphones for personal use and accessing social media outside of approved channels. HOW DO THEY GET CELL PHONES IN PRISON? Cell phones are contraband in prison, so if a guard discovers one in a prisoner’s cell or on a prisoner’s person, the guard will likely confiscate it. 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.