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Hundreds of cell phones still used by Texas inmates

I can't tell what, exactly, is the newshook for this story by Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman about cell phones smuggled into Texas prisons, but here are the data for smuggled cell phones two years after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice declared a "zero tolerance" policy on contraband: "This year, Texas investigators estimate that more than 800 cell phones have been confiscated from inside state prisons, compared with more than 900 during the same period last year. In 2008, the total was more than 1,000." That reduction clearly isn't much to brag about, but we're doing better than many other states:By comparison, California prison officials announced last week that they have seized more than 7,000 smuggled cell phones this year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).