Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells (The Charlotte Observer)
Corrections officials across the country are trying to get cell phones out of prison cells. Maryland and Virginia have become the first Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells (The Charlotte Observer) states to train dogs to sniff out phones hidden in socks and books and under mattresses. Other states have passed bills to punish guards and visitors who provide them to inmates. Inmates sometimes call family and friends with contraband phones. But officials say …