Facebook has agreed to disable the profiles of prison inmates in California whose accounts have been updated while they are behind bars.
"Access to social media allows inmates to circumvent our monitoring process and continue to engage in criminal activity," California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation secretary Matthew Cate said in a statement Monday.The partnership between CDCR and the popular social networking site was announced after California corrections official received hundreds of complaints from victims who were contacted by prison inmates behind bars.The victim was 10 years old when she was molested and was contacted by the offender seven years later. He even knew what her current hairstyle was and what brand of clothes she wore.
Law enforcement officials are trying to combat the huge influx of contraband cellphones in prison. Some 7,284 cellphones were confiscated in the first six months of this year, up from 261 devices in 2006.
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