Prisoners are intimidating their victims and communicating with the outside world on Facebook, using mobile phones smuggled into jail.
Inmates are forbidden to use the internet or mobile phones, but the inability of authorities to prevent them from getting hold of such devices has sparked outrage from justice campaign groups.
Evidence suggests that 8,009 mobile phones or SIM cards were confiscated in prisons in England and Wales during 2008, an increase from the 2,272 phones seized in 2006, and it emerged last year that prisons were continuing to struggle to find mobile phones in prisons following budget cuts.
This growing problem has led to one US manufacturer to create a “bloodhound detector” which is able to detect the use of mobile phones in restricted areas.
One escaped prisoner used Facebook to taunt the police, posting pictures of him enjoying Christmas day and his ability to “beat the system”. His new-found freedom was short lived however, as he was caught four months after his escape.
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