Criminal justice proceedings may be increasingly technologised, yet daily life in most prisons is conducted in a technological void. Digital connectivity is much sought after, and this article explores illicit communication technologies, mobile phones as contraband in prison, and prisoners' 'inventiveness' in accessing the outside world. Prisons have been 'technological dead zones' where prisoners are limited to landline phones. Long term prisoners may leave the system poorly equipped to engage with communication technologies, and this article questions whether it is a form of cruelty to deny prisoners access to the digital universe:
'or should his virtual self be imprisoned too?'
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