For white-collar prisoners who just can't disconnect, $3,000 contraband cellphones can literally fall from the sky

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• White-collar criminals who can't disconnect are spending thousands of dollars on prison cellphones.
• Contraband phones are smuggled in by guards and are even dropped into prison yards by drones.
• They sell for anywhere from a few hundred dollars to $3,000, the formerly incarcerated say.

For white-collar inmates eager to stay connected to the outside world...