Prisoner - 60 years sentence for having a cellphone
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Derrick Ross, a prisoner at Coffield unit correctional facility received a 60 years sentence, according to a staff report in The Palestine Herald newspaper on the 14th May 2009, for being in possession of a cellphone whilst serving sentences at the correctional facility for other crimes.
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According to the Herald: "Ross was found to be a habitual offender (on three different occasions he stole cars), the range of punishment for having a cell phone in a correctional facility was 25 years to 99 years or life. Normally the range of punishment would be 2 to 10 years.
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A sentence of 60 years is one of the highest sentences in the state that has been handed down by a jury for possession of a cell phone in prison."
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