Five drone operators nabbed near Bordeaux Jail
Five people were arrested and are accused of operating drones meant to bring phones and drugs into Bordeaux Jail.
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bob 11:50 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
I was once told by a criminologist/activist that (1) the first thing that hits you entering the Bordeaux Jail is the thick smell of weed, and (2) guards are not allowed in the basement. I wonder about whether that was true, and if so if it is still the case.
Ephraim 12:34 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
Wonder what would happen if you set up a Faraday cage, so signals are blocked. I mean, they shouldn’t really need cell signal anyway… they aren’t supposed to have cell phones.
Kate 15:59 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
No, but I don’t think prisoners at Bordeaux are serving long sentences, for the most part, although some may be regular guests. In other words, they’re people who probably expect to get back to their families and friends, and – one would hope – to some form of paying work. It doesn’t benefit them, or society generally, to cut them off from communication just because you want to make them more miserable.
I’m not kidding myself. Certainly some of the texts and talk sent to and from the jail would consist of criminal plans and threats. But some must be personal and some has got to be people making plans where and how they will live after jail. If you deny them this, what else do they have but prison life and no prospects, and that creates desperate people with nothing to live for.
Nicholas 16:25 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
Jails traditionally record or listen to or read all calls and mail and visits, but this they obviously can’t. If we should allow more contact we can. I get wanting to have private conversations, and you can with your lawyer (who better not be relaying criminal orders), but I think few will be sympathetic to that.
CE 22:30 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
Considering how smoking weed makes time pass by slower, I think the last thing I’d want to do while in prison is get high and make the time until I get out seem longer.