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  2. Pay or your son dies: Families of Oklahoma prisoners facing ...

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    According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma has 45% fewer correctional officers now than it did six years ago, and the inmate population decreased 20% during that time.

  3. Mobile phones in prison - Wikipedia

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    Most mobile phones are smuggled in by prison staff, who often do not have to go through security as rigorously as visitors.Security of staff is often less intense because this would be time-consuming on the part of the staff, unionized prison employees are paid for this time, and it would thus increase the overall cost of operations, [6] also, prison staff are often reluctant to diligently ...

  4. Former SC prison official accused of money laundering ... - AOL

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    She sold the phones and other electric gear to dozens of South Carolina prison inmates, a federal indictment said. Former SC prison official accused of money laundering, selling 100+ phones to inmates

  5. Oklahoma State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [ 1 ] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates.

  6. Inmate telephone system - Wikipedia

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    In order to use an inmate telephone service, inmates must register and provide a list of names and numbers for the people they intend to communicate with. [5] Call limitations vary depending on the prison's house rule, but calls are typically limited to 15 minutes each, and inmates must wait thirty minutes before being allowed to make another call. [6]

  7. Ex jail guard going to prison for smuggling drugs, phones to ...

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    A former officer at the Benton County jail who smuggled drugs and cellphones to inmates was sentenced in federal court to three years and 10 months in prison on Tuesday.. Eric Christian, 34 ...

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  9. Securus Technologies - Wikipedia

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    The prison phone industry has been criticized for charging high fees and profiting off of vulnerable inmates. [ 26 ] [ 9 ] In 2019, New York City passed a bill ensuring 21 minutes of free phone calls for all inmates in New York City jails; before the bill, the phone contract with Securus had generated $5 million in revenue for the city and $2.5 ...