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more about #prison Yerzriknot: Now I know what happened to the goatse guy. more » Alfisted: "What are you doing there, inmate 41359?" "Giving birth to another iPhone." more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: When I found out this device wasn't for detecting bloodhounds, I stopped reading. more » UGAdawg: I guess it's appropriate to call it a RIM job if it's a Blackberry. more » braceyoself: I know they're desperate for their contraband. But, damn... I can't imagine getting my sphincter loose enough to smuggle cell phones and bundles of dr... more » The Donut Pirate: Is it at all ironic that the CAN-SPAM act says that you CAN'T spam? more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: They should spend all their sentences listening to this everyday 24 hours a day. THAT would be a fair. more » iElvis: Amateur. His mistake was doing this in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He should have been operating from Eastern Europe, where bribing the government to l... more » yantelope: 4 years hardly seems like a strong enough punishment. I think he should instead be forced to order and use all the products his spam campaign adverti... more » trailingedge: what a freakin waste of taxpayer money...just disallow any portable devices...You're in jail man! its suppose to suck! more » Notsewfast: Guillermo: "For sure Blanca, you know I've got the latest shit up in here" more » canyoncliffs: When you do this, is there a risk of the screen getting cracked? more » appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta: I thought this was a picture of what AT&T does to people. more » iElvis: I'm guessing that phone is on vibrate mode. more » TheNimboo: I'm confused, do they allow prisoners to have cellphones????? more » iSmithx_wants_Nexus_One: So then if somebody immediately outside the prison has an emergency, how do they call for help? more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: That image.... "Can you rear me now?" more » Yellowexample: But it's only useful when someone gets a 3-shank streak. That's why I prefer "stopping power." more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Getting jammed up is what landed these guys (and gals) in prison in the first place. more » appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta: What ever happened to smuggling more innocent things into prison, like cigarettes, money, booze, drugs etc? more » -
#cellphones
Bloodhound Detector Sniffs Out Contraband Cellphones: Guess What They Smell Like?
That's right...ass. Why? Because that's where inmates cram 'em. So it looks like the Bloodhound here will be pointing directly the backside of a lot of prison jumpsuits. More » -
#spam
Godfather of Spam Sentenced to Four Years in Jail
A Detroit judge sentenced Alan Ralsky, a spam mastermind who headed an elaborate international organization, to 51 months in prison. Ralsky was convicted of wire fraud, mail fraud and violation of the CAN-SPAM act for his schemes. More » -
#law
Senate Passes Bill That Allows Cellphone Jamming In Prisons
The Senate has passed the Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009—allowing authorities to jam cellphone signals inside prisons. More » -
#satire
Google Offers Users Total Privacy (In an Airless, Deadly Mountain Prison)
Today's Onion News Network video attacks Google's scary-if-you-think-about-it access to all our browsing habits and personal data. If you want privacy, no problem: Just relocate to a giant boxlike mountain prison, and you'll be secure (and dead). Zing! More » -
#crime
Ferrari-Crashing Gizmondo Head Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Stefan Eriksson, head of Gizmondo (the failed handheld gaming company who couldn't even plagiarize our name correctly), was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for robbery, attempted blackmail and making illegal threats (which threats are legal?). More » -
#airships
Spanish Police Foil Remote-Controlled Zeppelin Jailbreak
In a plot that's crazy (and evil genius) enough to be from James Bond, three people have been arrested after police discovered their plan to free a drug trafficker from an island prison using a 13-foot airship carrying night goggles, climbing gear and camouflage paint. More » -
#crime
Phil Spector Requests iPod to Pass the Time While in Jail
Famed Beatles producer and founding member of the Horrible Mugshot Hall of Fame Phil Spector is beginning to serve his 19-year prison sentence for murder, and made a specific request to help him pass the time: An iPod. More » -
#manvsmachine
The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair
Michael Anderson Godwin was a murderer. He was awaiting South Carolina's electric chair in 1989 when he decided to fix his TV set while sitting on his cell's metal toilet. You can probably see where this is going. More » -
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#toughlove
The Study Ball Enslaves Your Lazy Kids
Sometimes it takes a little tough love to get your kids going in the right direction. For some, it might even take medieval love. That's where the Study Ball comes in. More » -
#badideas
World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
Bad idea: using a taser on someone who's done nothing wrong. Very, very bad idea: using a taser on a bunch of kids visiting a prison for Take Your Son or Daughter to Work Day. More » -
#cellphones
Cellphone-Smuggling Pigeons Are a Jailbird's Best Friend
Hey you jailkeepers, you know how the inmates been asking about keeping harmless little pigeons around? Well, it's a con: They're using them to smuggle in cellphones. More »
