{"id":67,"date":"2011-02-10T18:40:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T23:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2011-02-25T16:13:32","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T21:13:32","slug":"texting-with-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supertmh2.com\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Texting With Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"
Inmates have cell phones<\/a> and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re texting, clicking \u00e2\u20ac\u0153like\u00e2\u20ac\u009d icons next to their favorite rodeo all-stars and reviewing products on Amazon that they totally didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t buy. The Department of Corrections is like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is a huge problem\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then an inmate is like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Can I borrow your phone for a second? I need to check this lottery ticket and if I win I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give you $150,000\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the Department of Corrections is all, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Slide to unlock good sir.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n
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Last year, one guard claimed he made $150,000 smuggling phones. He was fired but never charged with anything. Richard Subia, of California’s Department of Corrections, says smuggling cell phones to convicts isn’t a crime. “It’s very frustrating to me that we have people who work for our organization that are willing to risk the lives of their fellow employees,” he says. “It creates another risk for the employees and inmates in our facilities, as well as the public at large.”<\/p>\n

The most notorious inmate caught with a cell phone is Charles Manson. He was caught with a flip phone back in March 2009, then again this past January with yet another cell. Prison officials say Manson called and texted numbers in Florida, New Jersey<\/strong> and British Columbia.
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David Berkowitz just asked me to the prom!<\/p><\/div>\n

So, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably time for me to come clean – every day around 4:30 in the afternoon my phone tri-tones and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a text message from Charles Manson waiting for me. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how he got my number. Maybe I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m one number off from Squeaky Fromme? Maybe he thought he was texting Dennis Wilson and got me instead. Regardless, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s delightfully erudite, and will talk for hours about the environment, his favorite television show (Rizzoli and Isles), and the number of inmates he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attempted to skin and live inside over the years. Our first conversation went a little something like this:<\/p>\n

Charles Manson:<\/strong> 20thousnd sicopath dune buggies all look @ me like G.O.D.
\nJohn:<\/strong> Who is this?
\nCharles Manson:<\/strong> im your minds eye 3rd eye path way to I AM
\nJohn:<\/strong> Holy shit, is this Charles Manson?
\nCharles Manson:<\/strong> yup :D<\/p>\n

Sometimes the playful side of Manson would come peeking out as if to say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hello, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a big ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 bearded pixie, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m about to carve truth doctrines into your funny bone.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

John:<\/em><\/strong> How\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it going Charles? Today sucks, hope all is well with you.
\nCharles Manson:<\/strong> there ar 3 orientals with hachets comin over the hills
\nJohn:<\/strong> Oh my god, totally. Today this guy at my job was like \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdid you sign Gloria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birthday card?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and I was like, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNo, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even see it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and he said she already opened it. So pissed.
\nCharles Manson:<\/strong> WHO IS TH MAN ON THIS SET \/.. WHO CONTRLS THE LITE ON THIS SET? CLARK GABLE? fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
\nJohn:<\/strong> LOL I know!
\nCharles Manson:<\/strong> fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffarts<\/p>\n

I was very careful to keep topics centered on Charles Manson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorite subject – the life and times of Charles Manson. Current movies, music or pretty much anything that happened after the Sharon Tate murders were off limits. He did know all the words to Wiz Khalifa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Black and Yellow\u00e2\u20ac\u009d though, which I thought was strange. Also, he took chain letters VERY seriously, and was convinced that if he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forward them to 5 friends, something terrible would happen to him and everyone he loved. And then, almost as quickly as our daily back-and-forth started, it was over. Our final conversation (while unbeknownst to me at the time) would be undeniably chilling…<\/p>\n

Charles Manson:<\/strong> i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a jackal sunspot, these walls dont contane me – coo coo ca who? coo coo ca YOU ;)
\nJohn:<\/strong> That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty deep Charles. Something on your mind?
\nCharles Manson:<\/strong> i have x\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d myself from ur wrld. l8r
\nJohn:<\/strong> All right, but don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be a stranger Charles. Shine on you crazy diamond.
\nCharles Manson:<\/strong> FWD: FWD: Fwd:Send this message to 5 of your friends and you will have unbelieveble sex tonight! If you break this chain, you’ll never have multiple orgasm again!
\nJohn:<\/strong> You got it Charles. You got it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inmates have cell phones and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re texting, clicking \u00e2\u20ac\u0153like\u00e2\u20ac\u009d icons next to their favorite rodeo all-stars and reviewing products on Amazon that they totally didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t buy. The Department of Corrections is like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is a huge problem\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then an inmate is like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Can I borrow your phone for a second? I need to check this lottery ticket and if I win I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give you $150,000\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the Department of Corrections is all, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Slide to unlock good sir.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n

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