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Empty ornate courtroom with wooden paneling and green seats, illustrating whether a phone is dangerous contraband
Prison Cell Phones

Is a Cell Phone Dangerous Contraband In Prison?

This article on the trial of five prison escapees raises the issue of whether a contraband prison cell phone can be considered dangerous contraband. Certainly a smuggled cell phone can be used to plan crimes or harass witnesses, but is the contraband cell phone, in and off itself, dangerous? The defense attorney states, “a cell phone, something that you give your children, something that our middle schools are filled with, is not in it of […]