Two prisoners led drug ring with help of smuggled cellphones

Barry Krisberg quoted in Indianapolis Star, August 23, 2012

Drug rings in prisons likely are “more common than we would think,” said Barry Krisberg, who teaches corrections law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, but there’s no way to tell exactly how prevalent. Criminal conduct in prisons isn’t included in national crime statistics. But put offenders together with nothing to do, and a prison can become a “hothouse” for crime, he said.