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Cell Phones News

I Smuggled In Phones Under Duress, Prison Officer Says

Friday August 15, 2003
A prison officer who was paid $8000 to smuggle contraband including mobile phones into the country's most secure jail said yesterday he did so out of fear of a powerful prisoner. Cale David Urosevic , 26, told the Independent Commission Against Corruption he was not motivated by financial gain but felt threatened, harassed and intimidated by an inmate in Goulburn's Super Max.

Cell Mates

Friday August 1, 2003
Mobiles have become an essential of teenagers' lives - so much so that they have no qualms about buying ``hot" phones, writes Bettina Arndt.