Montana Prisoners Have Cell-Phones?

As long as your prison guard is Shannon Davis of Butte, you will be able to tweet and text from inside the bars. A romantic connection may have led Davis to break the rules.

Shannon Davis of Butte was sentenced for felony transfer of an illegal article to an inmate during a hearing Tuesday before District Judge Ray Dayton in Deer Lodge. She was also fined $1,500.

Powell County prosecutors allege Davies smuggled a cell phone into the prison in September 2008 and left it in a garbage can where it was retrieved by an inmate. Davies resigned in October 2008.

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She was also given a 13 month suspension for smuggling the phone.