Title: Mobile phones in prison - Wikipedia
Headings: Mobile phones in prison
Mobile phones in prison
Contents
Reasons cell phones are prohibited
Methods of smuggling
Uses by prisoners
Combating mobile phones in prisons
References
External links

Content: Mobile phones in prison - Wikipedia
Mobile phones in prison
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In most jurisdictions, prison inmates are forbidden from possessing mobile phones due to their ability to communicate with the outside world and other security issues. Mobile phones are one of the most smuggled items into prisons. They provide inmates the ability to make and receive unauthorized phone calls, send email and text messages, use social media, and follow news pertaining to their case, among other forbidden uses. Contents
1 Reasons cell phones are prohibited
2 Methods of smuggling
3 Uses by prisoners
4 Combating mobile phones in prisons
5 References
6 External links
Reasons cell phones are prohibited
Security concerns are often cited for why cell-phones are prohibited in prisons. Cellphones in prisons have been used to organize work stoppages for prison labor between prisons. Forced Penal labor in the United States is a common practice. Cell phones in prison are used by prisoners to communicate with family and loved ones. Prisoners can be isolated, prison phone calls can be expensive, and the prisons get profits from the phone calls. The rates are controversial. Prisons have a profit motive to ban cell phones.