KWSN Orbiting Fortress Forum Index KWSN Orbiting Fortress
KWSN Distributed Computing Teams forum
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Prison gives new meaning to cell phone

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    KWSN Orbiting Fortress Forum Index -> KWSN Round Table
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
rotciv KOTHRT
Prince
Prince


Joined: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 1482
Location: USA

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:42 pm    Post subject: Prison gives new meaning to cell phone Reply with quote

Prison gives new meaning to cell phone

Mobile phones for lags
A BRITISH prison, Lowdham Grange – run by Serco – will be providing all inmates with the use of a mobile phone within their cells. They'll have to pay for the airtime, though.
The idea is justified on the grounds that prisoners normally have to queue for ages to use the public telephones. If they have their own phones they can call loved ones at times of need.

Critics say, of course, that providing such 'luxuries' to prisoners negates the whole point of imprisonment. According to the Mail on Sunday prisons should be a place "that people do not want to go back to."

One ex-offender whom the INQ consulted claimed that prisoners have been smuggling mobile phones inside for ages. The frightening thing is that they normally hide them up their backsides.

It brought tears to our eyes to learn that this method of smuggling applied to the phone charger too.

"The only difference this will make is that prisoners wouldn't be afraid to receive calls," he told the INQ. "You always turned the phone off straight after you'd used it because if the phone rang then the [wardens] would know you had it."

Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes
_________________
Sir Rotvic Knight of the Halfround Table
MAD, MAD I tell you.They're all MAD.
I am the only sane one here, my Doctor told me I was cured after the shock treatments. Big Brother Is Aways Watching.


Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sir Hamster of Elderberry
KWSN ArchBishop
KWSN ArchBishop


Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 5117
Location: Beer City, Cheese Quadrant

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll think of this the next time I get some a**hole on the phone. Confused

ni! i!u
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
KWSN Sir CADCAM
hoser
hoser


Joined: 27 Sep 2002
Posts: 7498
Location: South of Nunavuut

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
The frightening thing is that they normally hide them up their backsides.


!?!?!?
_________________
KWSN Sir CADCAM of the Wooden Rabbit
"Semper In Excrementa" "Hominem Iniocosum Non Diffidite"
"Cîam en des sterko" "Havi ne malesperi personoj kiu havi ne kompreno humuro"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sir Robin
Duke
Duke


Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 376
Location: Guelph, First Shrubbery On The Right

PostPosted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

KWSN Sir CADCAM wrote:
Quote:
The frightening thing is that they normally hide them up their backsides.


!?!?!?


Now, That would hurt.............. Where does the antenna go?
_________________
We're knights of the round table, we dance whene're we're able.
We do routines, and chorus scenes, and footwork imp-e-cable;
We dine well here in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and spamalot.


Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sir Hamster of Elderberry
KWSN ArchBishop
KWSN ArchBishop


Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 5117
Location: Beer City, Cheese Quadrant

PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sir Robin wrote:


Now, That would hurt.............. Where does the antenna go?


Oh, there's plenty of room in there. You could even stretch that springy cord out to it's limit, and not reach the small intestine. Shocked


ni! i!u
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    KWSN Orbiting Fortress Forum Index -> KWSN Round Table All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
Optimized Seti@Home App | BOINC Stats