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In reply to the discussion: South Carolina Inmate Receives 37 Years In Solitary Confinement For Updating Facebook [View all]rpannier
(24,329 posts)14. The State that was at the front
Let's all remember that the Nullification Party was a Sen Calhoun Party and was pretty much restricted to South Carolina.
Proving what blowhards they were, when Pres. Jackson told Calhoun if his state seceded, he'd personally hang him, that was pretty much the end of his calling for secession
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South Carolina Inmate Receives 37 Years In Solitary Confinement For Updating Facebook [View all]
n2doc
Feb 2015
OP
The prison system has an insatiable thirst for brown and black bodies.
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2015
#9
Now, imagine someone used their smuggled phone to post secret messages to other criminals.
DetlefK
Feb 2015
#10
Yeah, they use them to run gambling, drug, and extortion schemes from behind bars
Ex Lurker
Feb 2015
#11
I am amazed that visitors were able to smuggle in a phone and give it to an inmate.
Shrike47
Feb 2015
#27