Phones & Communications Discussion Board

Difference in Cordless phones

pamjensen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:01 GMT

I have a Panasonic 2.4 GHz and want to know what to buy now. What does 6.0 mean?

What difference does 5.8 GHz make?

Prison Inmates using cell phones

Californiagurl — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:59:54 GMT

I visited the blog written by an exprisoner of California Corrections and a Federal pen wherein every possible pixel and space is filled with fanatical 'facts' and was unable to locate "Inmates in Federal prisons are using cell phones." Maybe I didn't look hard enough; then again, I value my time and eyesight. I can somewhat see your concern, uwho, due to two things: one, you live in Beverly Hills, CA and two, you've never been detained or incarcerated in L.A. County Jail and are obviously fearful. In fact, that is the reason why you posted a provocative sentence without facts and a link to a blog of a person who is unstable and probably from being subjected to two prisons: fear. And the replies reflect their own as well. I'm going to be frank since we're all adults here: do not concern yourselves. I am a living example of the real experience in being an inmate in L.A. County Jail, the world's largest jail. I am disabled, a middle-aged college educated woman, without a criminal history prior to being dumped in the human garbage dump for 2 months with the lowest bail on a Memorial Weekend. Why? How? you ask. Easy: I got a citation which I was to do community service hours. Fine. Except I am disabled and needed to talk to the judge and bring input from my physician. He didn't like that my physician refused to copy my entire file of the past 12 years and wrote a letter instead. He continued my case and I fell ill. Three weeks of a hospital I come home as a 'fugitive' with a warrant. I went to the court house with my admittance papers and was handcuffed and sent on the express line to LACounty so fast it was like an airplane ride. To be a female is total misery. We are the smallest minority and the women are either violent or insane and show it every single day. As for perks, yes, they are there. There is a huge TV screen in each block, plenty of pay telephones, a rec room, a vending machine full of snacks, commissary each week for hygiene supplies, church service and books. Now this is how they are utilized. The huge mounted color TV is kept on loud, too loud, on either spanish speaking soap operas or talk shows or hit reruns of the Fresh Prince of BelAir, and it competes with the constant PA orders the deputies are screaming at the inmates which if not followed or ignored, is detremental to one's life. The payphones are owned by the Sheriff department and there is a trick to making a collect call (you can only make collect calls) that is unwritten, unspoken, and impossible to figure for weeks. The 'rec room' is a tiny triangular area with one basketball and one volleyball (no weights) in which 45 to 50 inmates are crowded into for 90 minutes each Saturday and usually end in brawls or 'sports injuries.' The vending machine is available only if the deputies want to allow it and is available only to those who had the means to purchase a prepaid card. Which means it is a source of value to someone starving and without a buck, and when one is stolen and a fight begins, no one gets a Dorito chip. Books are there, with most pages ripped out or horded as a weapon. Every mailed letter sent to a prisoner is opened and read for codes or plans thoroughly for weeks before delivered. This is just a fraction of the perks, boys, trust me. But if anyone is worried or cares about inmates in a federal pen using a cell phone, and has never had the experience of knowing what a prison truly is, then there is only one thing to know: it is not a benefit for them and likely a set up to break bones. No one who walks in ever walks out rehabilitated or having 'learned a hard lesson.' I was lucky: I minded my own business, did what I was told to, avoided tempermental inmates and came out with resentment and athletes foot. But the lessons I learned during that 2 months were so hard and cruel that I lost 40 lbs and know that what folks read and watch about California prisons is propaganda with one true purpose: to maintain and continue what is now the number one career and job force for millions of workers. Job security is everyone's bottom line.

Anyone have a Droid?

AdamO — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:50:43 GMT

Too expensive for me.

Anyone have a Droid?

TheShrewKrew — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:13:10 GMT

Kevin-Pace said…

I've got the G1, the original Android based phone and I love it! I hope the Droid fixes all the minor annoyances the original generation of phone had.

So the G1 repairs older droids? What about memory swipes, can it do that?

Anyone have a Droid?

Kevin-Pace — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:57:34 GMT

I've got the G1, the original Android based phone and I love it! I hope the Droid fixes all the minor annoyances the original generation of phone had.

Anyone have a Droid?

ilovelamp — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:57:28 GMT

I got a full size R2-D2 replica off ebay for like $800. It was expensive but soooo worth it.

Prison Inmates using cell phones

TheTradesman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:38:50 GMT

Civsci said…

Lets not open the flood gates with a whether 911 was an inside job or not discussion..

Yours is the first mention of the tragic date etc.

Topic is and was...."prisoners with cell phones"....and the politically charged URL in the original post that was designed to propagate a particular belief and inflame emotions.

Prison Inmates using cell phones

TheTradesman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:28:50 GMT

TheShrewKrew said…

Did anyone actually go to the link?

Yes....informed is what I aim for. However, all that a person reads may not be true. I scanned the content of the wordpress blog. My gut feeling is that it is written by a person who hates the US Govrenment, may be in prison with a lap top, believes that there is no Al Queida (spelling ?) and that it is a conspiracy by the CIA to perpetuate the lie tthrough many avenues...blah blah blah bashing of American presidents...more blah blah blah

Prison Inmates using cell phones

TheShrewKrew — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:56:06 GMT

Did anyone actually go to the link?

Anyone have a Droid?

TheShrewKrew — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:51:20 GMT

A droid, like from Star Wars?

Prison Inmates using cell phones

ZachLudlum — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:44:33 GMT

skat!

Prison Inmates using cell phones

Civsci — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:50:40 GMT

Lets not open the flood gates with a whether 911 was an inside job or not discussion..

Prison Inmates using cell phones

TheTradesman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:31:22 GMT

NealAnderthal said…

It is all making sense now. If only my license plate had failed instead of my fridge.

Hey....my license plate failed.......All the clear plastic laminate peeled off like a Bad Sunburn! Now the plate looks Dull.....Color Faded & Ready for Rust! Looks as if it was mass produced in some State Penitentiary. (pun intended) There is an attempt to repair the California deficit by early releasing the best of the best felon's back to the city streets. The law makers must have figured that a few hours on the license plate assembly line, avoiding the urge to offer a "Shanking" and seeing "Pretty Butterflies" in ink blots was evidence of rehabilitation. Recently one of our local early release felon's decided to go celebrate his easy freedom by accosting a woman.....and some law maker thought he would be a "Good Boy".....he was caught and put back behind bars.......just another perpetual loser and probably planning to write his own Anti-American Government blog on Wordpress.com (review the URL posted above by uwho)

Prison Inmates using cell phones

AdamO — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:58:09 GMT

Don't forget the old adage of, "You get what you pay for."

It works with employees, too.

Prison Inmates using cell phones

peacekeeper — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:52:17 GMT

Sure! Would you give them your credit card number when purchasing an item on-line?

Prison Inmates using cell phones

ryanm54 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:58:05 GMT

Get rid of those few full time honest employees that recieve benefit packages. Sears won't need to fork-up any medical insurance contribution.Sears in their quest for ever cheaper labor can use these criminals. Give them all the phones they want, as long as it is on taxpayer's expense. They would not have to follow any bothersome state minimum wage laws. What a great idea!

Prison Inmates using cell phones

AdamO — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:33:55 GMT

Well, the folks aren't dense.

Prison Inmates using cell phones

NealAnderthal — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:39:29 GMT

You folks are pretty soft aren't you?

Prison Inmates using cell phones

worldweary2 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:46:46 GMT

Well, Neal is very angry right now.

He doesn't really mean to take it out on others, but, sometimes it's just a clinical psychological reaction.

Prison Inmates using cell phones

peacekeeper — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:10:27 GMT

That is not a nice comment Neal. People abroad wouldn't appreciate you calling them criminals. I'm pretty sure of that.

Would you?