The Texas penal system has added an extra 60 years onto the prison sentence of inmate Derrick Ross, a three-time burglary felon, for possession of a cell phone behind prison walls. There are plenty of obvious reasons you aren’t allowed a cell phone behind bars, but 60 years? People convicted of manslaughter aren’t held that long.
Prosecutor Allyson Mitchell claims the additional 60-year penalty will send a message to other inmates. Shouldn’t we instead be wondering how this guy got hold of a cell phone? And how then was he able to keep it? For some reason, it seems the Texas penal system needs to be taught a lesson or two, one that spends taxpayer dollars on something that might improve their justice system for the next 60 years, not just add another felon to the books.
Source: Palestine Herald
