You've got to have a sense of humor for this news story:
NY Times
Inmates in Georgia Prisons Use Contraband Phones to Coordinate Protest
By SARAH WHEATON
Published: December 12, 2010
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The prison protest has entered the wireless age.
Inmates in at least seven Georgia prisons have used contraband cellphones
to coordinate a nonviolent strike this weekend, saying they want better living conditions
and to be paid for work they do in the prisons.
Inmates said they would not perform chores, work for the Corrections Department’s industrial arm
or shop at prison commissaries until a list of demands are addressed, including compensation for their work,
more educational opportunities, better food and sentencing rules changes.
The protest began Thursday, but inmates said that organizers had spent months
building a web of disparate factions and gangs — groups not known to cooperate -
into a unified coalition using text messaging and word of mouth.
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I particularly enjoyed these lines of the story:
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Smuggled cellphones have been commonplace in prisons for years;<snip>
But the Georgia protest appears to be the first use of the technology
to orchestrate a grass-roots movement behind bars.
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I didn't realize how progressive Georgia had become
