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Two Texas Women Charged for Using Plastic Crows in Smuggling Scheme
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Filed under: Cell Phone Access, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Methamphetamine, Simple Possession/Personal Use versus Distribution
Two Texas Women Charged for Using Plastic Crows in Smuggling Scheme by Two women allegedly used drones and plastic crows filled with contraband in an attempt to smuggle contraband into the United States Penitentiary, Pollock (USP Pollock) in Grant Parish, Louisiana. Melanie Worthington, 38, and Kassy Cole, 41, were arrested …
Georgia Bristles at Federal Law that Prohibits Drone Interceptions
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Filed under: Overcrowding, Staffing, Security Systems, Cell Phone Access, Authority and Jurisdiction
Georgia Bristles at Federal Law that Prohibits Drone Interceptions by The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prisons are buckling under a 15-­year high incarceration rate, now exceeding 50,000, and projected to climb past 55,000 by 2030 due to tougher sentencing. Simultaneously, guard staffing …
Ten People Indicted in Three Separate Smuggling Schemes at a Maryland Prison
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Cell Phone Access, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Drug Laws/Offenses
Ten People Indicted in Three Separate Smuggling Schemes at a Maryland Prison by On December 1, 2025, state prosecutors announced that ten people—including three jail guards—were indicted on criminal charges related to three separate alleged smuggling schemes at the Jesup Correctional Institution (JCI) in Anne Arundel County. The first of …
FCC Votes For Dramatic Hike to Prison Phone Call Rates
Article • November 1, 2025 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access, Video Visitation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp
;no other choice but to revert to 1980s-style supervised public pay telephones.” It wasn’t explained how that is bad for the detainees; a 15-minute local call on most payphones runs far less than ...
FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails
Article • November 1, 2025 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access, Federal Legislation, Police State-Surveillance
FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on September 30, 2025, to issue a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to relax the current ban on using cellphone “jamming” technology in prisons and jails. …
Mayhem, Murder and Staff Misconduct at Brooklyn BOP Lockup
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Cell Searches, Drug Testing, Prison/Jail Murders, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Cell Phone Access, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet
Mayhem, Murder and Staff Misconduct at Brooklyn BOP Lockup by The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn, New York, has made the news repeatedly thanks to some high-profile detainees held there to await trial. But federal prosecutors have also charged nine detainees for a series of …
20 South Carolina Prisoners Sentenced So Far for Deadly 2018 Riot
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Filed under: Retaliation, Prison Rebellion, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Cell Phone Access
20 South Carolina Prisoners Sentenced So Far for Deadly 2018 Riot by Two South Carolina prisoners were sentenced on December 10, 2024, for their roles in a riot that killed seven fellow prisoners and injured 20 more. They were the most recent of 20 prisoners sentenced so far for convictions …
Welsh Prisoner Used Phone Hidden in Rectum to Snag Guards with “Flirty” Calls
Article • February 7, 2023
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Cell Phone Access
Welsh Prisoner Used Phone Hidden in Rectum to Snag Guards with “Flirty” Calls by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A former guard and a former nurse at a prison in the United Kingdom – who both fell for “flirty” calls on a contraband cellphone from a “Romeo inmate,” …
The Fight Over Cellphones in Prisons Rages On
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Cell Phone Access
The Fight Over Cellphones in Prisons Rages On by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant shut-downs have focused attention on the need for connection between all members of society, and for many prisoners, denied in-person visits, a contraband cellphone has helped them keep in touch with …
USA v. Christopher, CA, Criminal Complaint, Smuggling Contraband to Inmates, 2021
Brief • 2021
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Cell Phone Access, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations
my training and experience that cellular telephones are a valued commodity in prison that can also affect the safety and security of the inmates and employees of the institution. I know that CDCR ...
Scottish Prisoners Issued Mobile Phones During Pandemic
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Cell Phone Access
Scottish Prisoners Issued Mobile Phones During Pandemic by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Lockdowns instituted because of the coronavirus pandemic have had a benefit for Scottish prisoners. The Scottish Prison Services (SPS) spent over 160,000 pounds on mobile phones for prisoners to stay in touch with their families. The SPS …
Oregon Prisoner’s Use of Another Prisoner’s Phone PIN Constitutes Identity Theft
Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Cell Phone Access
of the crime of identity theft because he used the personal identification numbers (PINs) of two other prisoners to access a jail telephone. Michael Steven Connolly was confined at the Multnomah County Detention ...
NE DOC Inmate Telephone Regulations- revised 2018
Kickback publication • August 14, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access
. DEFINITIONS Inmate Calling System (ICS): the name given to the specialized program and equipment which governs inmate telephone access. Site System Coordinator (SSC): a manager designated at each NDCS ...
NJ DOC Inmate Telephone Rates 2019
Kickback publication • August 14, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access
NJ DOC Inmate Telephone Rates 2019 8/14/2019 Select Language NJDOC Inmate Telephone System Information Translate Powered by (After making a selection translation will being. This may take a few ...
IA Pottawattamie County - Securus RFP 2010
Kickback publication • July 17, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access
, SECURUS Technologies, Inc., providing services through our wholly owned subsidiary Evercom Systems, Inc., is pleased to submit our response to the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office Inmate Telephone ...
Cell Phones Sold in Commissary at South Carolina Jail
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Commissary, Cell Phone Access
Cell Phones Sold in Commissary at South Carolina Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer There is a surprising item for sale in the commissary at the Union County Jail in South Carolina: cell phones. The $100 phones can be used to text and make calls between the hours of …
NACDL Fourth Amendment Center Compelled Decryption Primer, 2019
Publication • April 30, 2019
Filed under: Cell Searches, Search warrants, Immigration, Cell Phone Access, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment
NACDL Fourth Amendment Center Compelled Decryption Primer, 2019 Reprinted With Permission from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2019. To download the original PDF of this primer, please visit www.nacdl.org/fourthamendment Compelled Decryption Primer The Supreme Court recognized in Riley v. California that cell phones The majority of Americans now …
Lawsuits Filed, Renewed Push to Block Cell Phones After Deadly South Carolina Prison Riot
Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Cell Phone Access
Lawsuits Filed, Renewed Push to Block Cell Phones After Deadly South Carolina Prison Riot by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the two months following an April 15, 2018 riot at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina that left seven prisoners dead and at least 22 injured, the …
Exclusive! Prison Legal News Interviews South Carolina DOC Director Bryan Stirling
Article • June 27, 2018
Filed under: Interviews, Cell Phone Access
to sanctions on visitation and telephone use and things of that nature, so that’s a process we’ve gone through recently too. SH: To get back to my initial interest in this, which is the FCC Task ...
T-Mobile Contraband Study
Publication • February 2, 2018
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access
T-Mobile Contraband Study 601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW North Building, Suite 800 Washington DC, 20004 February 2, 2018 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Promoting Technical Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. …
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