Correctional Systems


SAO PAULO - Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side.
China jails 3 online activists; many show support
BEIJING - A Chinese court jailed three people Friday who posted material on the Internet to help an illiterate woman pressure authorities to reinvestigate her daughter's death, one defendant's lawyer said, in a trial that attracted scores of supporters.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Equipment that jams cell phones will get its first federally sanctioned test inside a prison in Maryland this week, as state officials try to show Congress how the technology can prevent inmates from using the contraband devices to commit crimes, a governor's spokesman said Tuesday.
Facebook deletes 30 UK inmates' pages after taunts
LONDON - Facebook has deleted the pages of 30 U.K.
Facebook pulls 30 UK inmates' pages after taunts
(Stations: Resending to add justice minister's first name.) LONDON (AP) - Britain's justice minister says Facebook has deleted the pages of 30 UK prisoners after they used the Internet to taunt their victims.
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