Like something straight out of the show Prison Break, inmates at an Ohio prison built their own computers and hid them in the ceiling.
According to an investigation report from Ohio Inspector General Randall J. Meyer, unsupervised inmates at the Marion Correctional Institution pieced together the machines using parts they acquired through a computer disposal program. During the program, inmates were tasked with breaking down old computers so the parts could be recycled. Without adequate supervision, however, the inmates decided to recycle the devices in their own way.
They "took two computers that should have been disassembled, placed hard drives into the computers, installed a network card, transported the computers across the institution for approximately 1,100 feet, through the security check point without being searched or challenged by staff, accessed an elevator to the third floor, and placed the two computers in the ceiling" above a training room closet, the investigation report notes. The inmates then "ran wire, cable, and power cords" to connect the computers to the state's network.
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Prison staff first caught wind of the scam in late July 2015 when their computer support team noticed a machine on the network exceeding the daily internet usage threshold, according to the report. They checked into the logs, and found that an employee's credentials were being used on days he wasn't scheduled to work. When they tracked down where the connection was coming from, they found the computers hidden in the ceiling.
"It surprised me that the inmates had the ability to not only connect these computers to the state's network but had the ability to build these computers," Meyer told ABC 6. "They were able to travel through the institution more than 1,100 feet without being checked by security through several check points, and not a single correction's staff member stopped them from transporting these computers into the administrative portion of the building."
Investigators identified five inmates who were involved, one of whom used the computer to steal another inmate's personal information and commit identity theft and tax fraud. Others used the machines to view porn and create passes that gave them access to restricted areas.
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