[Jonty30]

I can’t speak to all prisoners. It’s possible that the inmate had the phone smuggled in and made the video and had the phone smuggled out.

I don’t think he was able to send his video over the internet, because many prisons suppress cell phone connections to prevent gangs from running things outside while incarcerated.

[bdfromlv]

No prison I know of, and I have worked state and federal institutions, has the capability to suppress cell phone activity as it would bleed over into the civilian population, also most correctional workers only have cell phones and wouldn't allow themselves to be cut off from their families and friends. many gangbangers try to buy or smuggle phones in, but many loosely run institutions have inmates using internet and wifi connections. there are a lot of tech savy inmates that can scam the system and play on line.
The feds pay inmate labor on hourly and piece work for Federal Prison Industries, they also get job longevity pay. they usually only can manufacture things not in competition locally or with union workers they have made boots and shoes for military and mailbags for ups also furniture for IRS and federal offices also Cable work for military equipment while they don't make union scale 3-5 hundred a month is not unheard of. they also have to make restitution payments etc. the states don't have the money to pay inmate labor much but for those working they get some money as an incentive. but most inmates have to work to make the time pass and learn a trade when they can or if they are going to get out. I know of no state that could survive the litigation of incarcerating innocent people but there are corruptible and desperate people working in all areas of government and institutions usually on the county jail level could they stay hidden for a while.