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Criminal Calls: A Review of the Bureau of Prisons' Management of Inmate Telephone Privileges
Publication year:
1999
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Telephone use by BOP inmates has increased from one call every three months 25 years ago to as many as the inmate can pay for or get accepted collect. Except for prearranged calls between inmate and attorney, the BOP can monitor telephone conversations. Yet, only 2.9% of live calls are monitored with an additional review of 0.7% recorded calls. Upon review it was found that there is widespread abuse of prison telephones, inmate abuse being the commission of serious crimes like murder, drug trafficking, and fraud via the telephone. Recent cases prosecuted include 117 by the United States Attorneys' Offices, 44 by the FBI, and 12 by the DEA. Inadequate monitoring equipment, training, staffing, multilingual fluency, and review of approved phone numbers all contribute to the problem. Unfortunately, only limited and insufficient efforts have been taken to correct the existing situation.