June 15, 2008
Cell phones pose threats behind bars
As technology advances and cell phones become ubiquitous, correctional facilities are facing an increase in security risks from phones smuggled to inmates.
Guards or visitors smuggling banned items like tobacco and drugs into prisons is nothing new. However, there's been an increase in contraband cell phones brought into California State Prison-Solano in Vacaville,, according to a Solano County Grand Jury report released last month.
"Cellular phone usage by inmates poses a security risk, as it circumvents the monitoring process used by prisons," said Paul Verke, an information officer for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "This is definitely a problem that the (department) is looking into…"
LINK - TimesHeraldOnline.com (Times-Herald - Solano/Napa Counties)
