How Five Prison Inmates Connected to the Internet!

It’s bad enough being in prison, but can you imagine not having access to the internet on top of that?

Two prisoners from Ohio couldn’t live in a world without the internet, so they decided to take matters into their own hands. The jailbirds managed to build their own PCs from parts from e-waste, hid them inside the ceiling and then later connected them to the internet using the prison’s network!

A report has been published describing the investigation into the incident. Apparently, a work program inside the prison went horribly wrong when the two inmates started smuggling PC parts from the e-waste recycling workshop and built two computers out of them.

The inmates managed to hide the computers behind a board in the ceiling of the room and then connected their homemade PCs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction network to gain access to the internet.

It is not a surprise that once the inmates managed to get online, they broke the law yet again!

The two prisoners gained access to the records of other inmates, changed restricted area passes, read up about manufacturing drugs, weapons and explosives as well as applied for a credit card under another prisoner’s name.

A prison tech employee managed to foil the scheme when he discovered there were some strange amounts of internet activity coming from the contractors account when they were not even meant to be working.

A total of five prisoners were found to be involved in this secret PC scheme, they have now all been separated and sent to other correctional facilities.

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