Washington prison officials have asked social media giant Facebook to disable inmate accounts.
Department spokesman Chad Lewis said inmates are not allowed to have Internet access. He said Facebook accounts are sometimes set up by relatives or by inmates with contraband cell phones.
Lewis told Northwest News Network that so far the communications have mostly been with friends and family and not for criminal activity. But the department is asking Facebook for the same deal the company recently struck with California prisons, where some sinister activity had been alleged.
California officials say they found an inmate who used social media to track down his victim.
The Associated Press
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