California Cracking Down On Inmate Facebook Accounts
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is cracking down on inmates attempting to maintain Facebook accounts.
Prison officials in Facebook’s home state have announced that they’re notifying the social network’s security department about profiles and pages set up on behalf of inmates, which violates the site’s rules.
Inmates often manage to maintain Facebook accounts with help from family, friends and gang associates outside of prison. Prisoners have been accessing the site via smartphones smuggled into corrections facilities.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has confiscated more than 7,284 cell phones just in the first six months of this year, up from 261 five years ago.
CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate said in a press release:
Access to social media allows inmates to circumvent our monitoring process and continue to engage in criminal activity.
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