So at the same time I hear complaints about prison phone monopolies I\u2019m hearing people say that American prisons no longer effectively remove someone from society cause they\u2019re full of illicit internet-enabled cellphones
A while ago I heard prisons were seeking to block cell transmissions but the FCC refused them; in the absence of countermeasures it\u2019s a market, I now hear of phones designed with ideal form factor for stashing in your rectum
Which makes me wonder \u2013 what\u2019s the politics around cell tower permitting in these rural nowhere prison towns?
Does the local prison-working population, as distinct from \u201cThe System\u201d, even mind if companies build infrastructure to serve that market? After all, the biggest source of contraband is prison employees smuggling as a side hustle.
Or are prison towns out in fracking country by definition the kind of place where the ability to make money by hosting something ugly is sacrosanct?
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