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Senate Bill 26 of 2011

November 18, 2011

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Senate Bill 26 was signed on Oct. 5th and was intended by Senator Padilla to address inmates with access to cell phones.  These inmates have been ordering murders, organizing escapes, facilitating drug deals, controlling street gangs, and terrorizing rape victims.  In 2006 the number of phones confiscated was 261.  Last year it reached 11,000.  Earlier versions of this same bill had been vetoed in 2010 by Gov. Schwarzenegger and had failed in committees from 2006 through 2009.