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Inmates Use Contraband Phones, Texts to Stage Strike

Text messages unite prisoners in seven Georgia lockups

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 13, 2010 11:58 AM CST

(Newser) – Georgia experienced what could be described as the first viral prison protest this weekend, as inmates in at least seven penitentiaries coordinated a mass strike using contraband cell phones. The inmates have refused to work until the state starts paying them to do so and...   Read full story »

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