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Fisting is not such a weird thing in the Berlin gay culture, but seeing it mentioned in a HN link is definitely kind of weird.
I've seen it mentioned in Cards Against Humanity and a widely circulated Darwin Award story (possibly urban legend). At least knowing what it is seems to be relatively mainstream at this point.
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> 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...
That's a different issue and shouldn't be resolved by letting prisoners have unrestricted access to cell phones.
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Or just tell the carriers not to accept connections coming from inside the prisons
How? Carriers don't do active triangulation on ever phone within tower range so they don't know exactly where a connection is coming from.
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How? Carriers don't do active triangulation on ever phone within tower range so they don't know exactly where a connection is coming from.
Set up a base station in the prison, harvest the IMEIs, feed in to blocklist?
For those wondering why phones are banned in the first place - It's bad for business. Data shows that regular communication with family is one of the best ways to lower recidivism. https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2014/apr/15/lowering-re...
It would also be a bit pointless tof physically isolate someone if they can continue business as usual virtually uninterrupted.
[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-warns-of-telephone-extortio...
It astonishes me that in prison, where your jailers have: • complete control over where you live, • complete control of your movements, • complete control over your physical interaction with people who are not prison staff or other inmates, • in the US almost no fourth amendment restrictions on searching your living space or possessions and so can pretty much arbitrarily conduct extensive searches for prohibited item…
For all but the most violent of offenders, it's not worthwhile to spend the kind of money one would need to regulate their every activity.
The article is about sneaking phones (and chargers) into prisons and all the things around that. Obviously it's possible to get reasonably large items up your bottom, otherwise fisting wouldn't be such a popular hobby, but for the purposes of easy storage and retrieval, you're going to want to go as small as possible. Look, I've had plenty of "How did I get here?" moments on the internet, but this is the first time i…
How practical would it be to erect a Faraday cage around a prison? How practical would it be to jam the signals? I bet one could interdict a lot of criminal activity by stopping or eavesdropping on prison cell phone conversations.
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What you're missing is that the guards are complicit. Some identify more with their inmates than with the outside world.
I don't think it is even that...look at how much your average corrections officer or law enforcement officer is paid...and then ask yourself why so many of them can be corrupted by a little bit of money.
For those wondering why phones are banned in the first place - It's bad for business. Data shows that regular communication with family is one of the best ways to lower recidivism. https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2014/apr/15/lowering-re...
Could we just use EMP's near inmate rears to solve the problem without having to "dig deeper"?
Or maybe just allow them affordable monitored phone and internet access? If they wouldn’t have to pay so much in the US for a phone call, this would be far less necessary. > "Colorado has the highest prison phone rate for local calls, at $2.75 + $.23/minute ($6.20 for a 15-minute local collect call). The highest intrastate phone rate is charged in Oregon, at $3.95 + $.69/ minute ($14.30 for a 15-minute collect call).…
I think most corrections departments consider phones and internet items which should be controlled (so they can be deprived for punishment and rewarded for good behavior).
Also, "monitored" doesn't happen for free. In my state, Department of Corrections officers are paid very well and have far better pensions + benefits + work rules. Monitoring by prison officials is really expensive, especially with the ~2million prisoners we have/had.
[1] http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/23/news/fcc-prison-phone-call-r...