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South Carolina is currently considering to make smuggling phones to prisons a crime, as some inmates routinely update their Facebook status from the inside. Wendell Gilliard, a Democrat from Charleston, proposed the law that would add 30 days to a prisoner’s sentence if he is caught interacting on social networking sites via cell phone. It would also be illegal for anyone to set up a prisoner.

Crime victims would worry when they see a prisoner’s Facebook page and they can also feel threatened, as prisoners could coordinate criminal activity online. Prisoners could send out coded messages through social networking sites. Some prisons have already started setting up system that would capture every cell phone signal and block unauthorized calls, such as in California and Mississippi. Such a program is currently in the works in South California as well.

What do you think about prisoners using Facebook behind the bars?

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LOL honestly how do they even obtain these smuggled phones.. it’s so funny.
prisoners using facebook or any social networking site.. I’m against it.
never knew they had wi-fi in their cells too.


OMG really?? it kinda stupid to have wifi in prisoners!!
thanks for sharing


omg… LMFAO… how is that possible.. do they have wifi in their cells? XD
thanks for sharing :3


LOL i think they should try to use the phones for something else rather than facebook OTL
thanks for sharing!


lmao OTL WHY!
Facebook isn’t a necessity to live and they could plan an escape through it lmao raspberry
Thanks for sharing. So weird :/


Lol, are people really that desperate to go onto Facebook?


haha, that is somewhat amusing. Wow, keep a tighter watch on those phones! I think a) it is dangerous; b) it does give insight to their lives in prison.



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