Two Macomb Correctional Facility inmates are receiving additional time for using cell phones to film a music video that they posted on YouTube in November.
The guards found a YouTube link written on a piece of paper during a routine search, Fox 2 reported. They watched the video online and realized it was filmed at the prison, Chris Gautz, the spokesman for Michigan’s Department of Corrections, told Fox 2. (RELATED: Thousands Of Pedophiles Released From California Prisons After Less Than A Year: REPORT)
“The prisoners who were in the video certainly made no attempts to hide or disguise who they were, so staff was able to recognize them and go to their cell and confront them about this,” Gautz told Fox 2.
As of Thursday afternoon, the music video, which was posted Nov. 3, has been viewed over 66,000 times.
The men who made the music video in September have been separated and are facing more prison time because having a cell phone in jail is illegal. Gautz explained that cell phones can be used to plan an escape or plan a hit on another staff member, prisoner, or member of the public.
“There’s a whole number of things untoward that you can do with contraband cellphones,” he told Fox 2.