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Yeah no. If dude ratted you out he's the one that's going to have to check himself into the SHU. And if you get caught you just lose your phone privileges for like a month. Now if you get caught with a cellphone that is considered an escape attempt, and yeah, your points go up, you get a new charge, and you get shipped to a higher security yard so probably don't do that even if you really want to facetime with your gf.

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so much this. i've shared phone time plenty of times, standing right there at the phone so the guy can read my inmate id off my bracelet. i've honestly never even heard of someone ratting someone out for this. if anything the guards wouldn't give a shit because they don't want to be bothered with the paperwork. (unless they have a particular grudge against someone)

but yah, being a rat means extreme violence every yard you get bounced to until you end up in SHU. there's a perverse sense of satisfaction from telling the guards that your race can't protect someone anymore.

Is this Federal prison you're talking about, or state? Holmes will be in Federal.

> if you get caught with a cellphone that is considered an escape attempt

That sounds really bizarre. :(

I doubt this is the case universally in American prisons given that on the state level there will be rules per state and at least different rules per security level. It may be the case for Federal rules - don't know.

Finally depending on system there may be a great deal of leeway for the warden to set rules on their individual prison.

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