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Recent Cases
Cases From Correctional Facilities
Jason Murchison Jr.'s
(Texas 2025)
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He used the official jail phone system inside Jefferson County Correctional Facility in Beaumont, Texas.
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He made the call using another inmate's account to conceal his identity.
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He then had a woman on the outside set up a three-way call with a 16-year-old male associate.
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During the 14-minute call, they plotted to kill the witness using a drug-laced drink and to dispose of the body.
Darryl Lamont Young (Washington, 2024)
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Used the official jail phone system from King County Jail and Monroe Correctional Complex.
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Posed as a VA employee calling ICU units to deceive hospitalized veterans.
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Initiated three-way calls through an accomplice to conceal the jail origin of the call.
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Extracted bank details under the pretense of issuing fake “stimulus” payments.
Linval Raymond Cohoone Jr. (Florida, 2022–2023)
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Made a three-way call from Sarasota County Jail using another inmate’s line.
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Had the inmate add one of his shooting survivors to the call.
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Apologized to the victim and begged her to support his defense.
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The recorded call led to a witness tampering charge and an extra 30-year sentence.
972 million inmate calls per year
The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed that inmates have used three-way to by-pass approval contact. The Federal Bureau of Prisons admits these calls are “very difficult to detect,” and major vendors like Securus openly warn that inmates can exploit merged call systems to reach unauthorized parties.
With over 600 million inmate calls per year, even a 1% abuse rate represents millions of high-risk, unauthorized communications annually — including calls to victims, witnesses, and gang affiliates.