Cell Phone Probe

The Texas Department of Corrections found several inmates had been making calls within the walls of maximum security prisons, over 2,800 from one death row inmate’s phone alone. Who would have guessed, really, just because they’re called “cell” phones; so what should we call those phones out on parole?

The most recent find explains why some cell phone service providers suffer from crappy connections. Peggy Fikac, writing for the Houston Chronicle explained some of the problems . (*)

“Prison staff conducting a shakedown of the row Friday found a cell phone secreted in the rectum of convicted murderer Henry Skinner at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, said Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons.”

“They first found two SIM cards, or memory chips, in Skinner's Bible, she said. Because they suspected he also had a cell phone, they took him to the infirmary, did an X-ray and found the cell phone.”

I guess it begs the question, what kind of ring tone did the phone have? I know, something from Blink 182. Aw, come on, use your imagination; there are an endless supply of jokes hidden in there. ( * go read the comments to the original Houston Chronicle article for curb level humor )

The scary part came a little further down in the article, “…Before the latest discoveries, the lockdown had yielded on death row alone 12 cell phones, nine chargers, three cell phone batteries, seven SIM cards and two weapons…”. You might say the problem with contraband is out the kazoo; no mention was made about what was found in the other areas of the prison system where there would have been “less security”.

Lucy posted an article recently, Is Your Cell Phone Safe ; I don’t think this “aspect” of safety was brought up. Lucy’s sister accidentally dropped a flashlight into the park facility out house in the middle of the night while they were on vacation in the mountains of Colorado. The idea of retrieving the flashlight, still turned on by the way, never entered their minds. You might wonder, just as a passing thought, what the next camper thought about the improvements made by the forestry service, “lighted out houses?”; never mind.