Comments about ‘Facebook deletes prisoner pages, where inmates conduct criminal activity’

This all seems a bit suspicious to me. If inmates aren't allowed internet access how did they get on Facebook in the first place? There is absolutely no reason that a prisoner should be allowed access to a computer with the ability to get online.

DeltaFoxtrot, They've been smuggling smartphones into prisons.

A couple spools of wire mesh rolled out across cell block roofs would take care of that. No cell phone signals in or out.

My comment was going to be similar to that of DeltaFoxtrot. There must be an easy way to scramble signals so the cell phones will not work.

Ok that takes care of cell phones inside the cells. What about outside? What about communications for the guards?

In addition, isn't working with facebook at all just a tacit admission that the "no internet access or cell phones" rule is completely unenforced? What about other social networks? Google plus is up-and-coming. Or other websites/email/instant messaging?

Why not start enforcing it? The proper solution is to put shielding around the cell blocks. If there is not sufficient oversight in common areas to prevent usage in those areas, then there are plenty of cell phone scramblers that would do the trick just fine.

Perhaps the prisons want guards to be able to have & use cell phones. I would enforcing the law is more important, however.

Just don't allow any phones or computers. Scramble the signals. Whatever makes phones not work even if they do have them, do that. Give the guards radios. You know, awesome walkie-talkies. They still exist.

Problem is that federal law prohibits jamming these signals and the FCC has said it will not change those regulations. Additionally, without use of new, expensive handsets and cell sites this jamming will also jam legitimate cell phone traffic such as by prison staff or for nearby emergency calls. And then it becomes a technical race between the good guys and the bad guys.