Inmate gets money from phone glitch to bond himself out of jail

A jail phone system glitch mistakenly deposited credit into inmate trust accounts for each incomplete call. After four hours of dialing a combination of local, long-distance and international numbers, Larry Stone had accumulated more than $1,250 — enough money to bond out of jail. Others heard about the glitch and exploited it, too, before jail officials caught on.
> Jail inmates cash in big on phone glitch (Orlando Sentinel)

Comments

[Somebody]

Awesome! Phracked his way outta jail!

[Phranqlin]

The telecommunications company makes a huge profit off inmates, so I don't have a lot of sympathy for them.

[stevenvictx]

do that for days on end and they could buy a hooker for their s/o visits.

[jdotglenn]

Looks like someone saw "Hackers" in high school...