Prison Smuggling

There are many things that are smuggled in and out of prisons by guards. I never knew the extent of this until I met my now boyfriend of three and a half years. He was in prison a long time ago and has seen first hand these actions in progress. Many inmates receive cell phones and other things from guards. They either pay them somehow inside the prison or have outside sources that do it for them. Regardless...I know that it happens. My boyfriend has a cousin who was recently in prison on some minor charges and she somehow got a cellphone inside the prison. The truth is obvious..guards are out to make deals with prisoners to get that extra cash. The blog that I am talking about is Grits for Breakfast. The article on here talks about how the smuggling has caused guards to be searched upon entry and exit of the facility. The blogger talks about how this is a problem that is in many prisons and I agree with that. The blogger has evidence from the Houston and Austin papers that tell the story of contraband being brought into prisons. The blogger gives good evidence supporting how contraband is brought in and out of prisons everywhere. I never knew how big the problem was. It happens everywhere and is going to be a hard thing to solve. There will always be guards who are more interested in making deals with prisoners in order to benefit themselves. It is going to be a very hard task to eliminate contraband from being smuggled into prisons. The blogger is trying to let us know what is going on in prisons..and some of us already are aware of this smuggling. Others who are not are being taken back by the ability of inmates to get what they want. I understand how bad it is that this happens..but what else can we do but search every person who enters and leaves. The problem will still exist...inmates will continue to find loopholes in the system that allow them to get what they want.