[kictanet] Interesting developement

[Barrack Otieno]

My problem is jamming the Signal, not having the phone.

On 10/11/11, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> I get your point Washington isn't prison a corrective facilty?, I
> think it is better to address the matter other than undertake such a
> measure which I consider inappropriate, let's consider the issue with
> some sobriety other than blanket condemnation, this is definately a
> precursor to tapping :-(
>
> On 10/11/11, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 18:00, Barrack Otieno
>> <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Listers,
>>>
>>> Listening to Hope Fm a debate on Safaricom jamming the phone signal in
>>> prisons in Partnership with Kenya prisons, is this move legal if it is
>>> true
>>> or is it a roadside declaration? The intended benefit notwithstanding?
>>>
>>>
>> @Barrack,
>>
>> The answer to this is quite simple: Prisoners/convicts are not allowed by
>> law to have mobile phones in the cells. Even at the Police Station level,
>> suspects detained in cells are not allowed such luxury as keeping any
>> personal property with them in the cells, bar for the clothing they have
>> on
>> their bodies.
>> It's therefore obvious that a prisoner having a mobile phone in the
>> detention/remand facility is doing so illegally, perhaps by some
>> collusion
>> from the warders. I believe the Prisons Dept is admitting that the
>> problem
>> is not easy for them to address and as such they have resorted to jamming
>> the phone signal. Nothing wrong with that, since the law does not allow
>> the
>> use of those phones.
>> I am surprised you've never had an "interaction" with such facilities to
>> know this fact - ask everyone who has been arrested:-)
>>
>> It's not a roadside declaration. It's perfectly within the legal
>> confines.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
>> +254733744121/+254722743223
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>> I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.
>> Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>>
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