More than 1,600 mobile phones seized from prisoners

According to The Belfast Telegraph, more than 1,600 mobile phones have reportedly been seized from prisoners across Ireland over the past year.

"Reports this morning say more than 550 have been taken from inmates at Mountjoy Prison alone."

Inmates smulgging in cell phone stories are common, but this part of the article is more unusual: The crackdown was mounted following the controversy sparked when one inmate rang the Irish radio Joe Duffy show from his cell in Portlaoise earlier this year."

emily | 8:49 AM | Inmates and Cell Phones |
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