[moftz]

Prisoners already have communication mediums that guards can monitor and if they want to talk to someone with no prying ears or eyes, they can talk to a lawyer. Prisoners should have no need for cell phones or access to unrestricted communications. Yes, there are some young people in prison that really shouldn't be but there are plenty of dangerous gang members in there that should be totally removed from their "business responsibilities".

[Chaebixi]

> Prisoners already have communication mediums that guards can monitor

Those are often exploitatively priced, a situation Ajit Pai has sought to preserve:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/republican-led-f...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/technology/fcc-prison-pho...

[moftz]

That's a different issue and shouldn't be resolved by letting prisoners have unrestricted access to cell phones.

[placeybordeaux]

But it's not solved so the smuggling will continue.