So, when the National Emergency Alert System triggered phones this past Wednesday, it certainly exposed plenty of prisoners who had illegal cell phones in their possession, as well as Amish folks who unknowingly had this forbidden piece of technology on their person.
From TMZ:
A New York State Prison official tells us they confiscated two phones at Sing Sing Correctional Facility during the test. Additionally, a source at FCI Coleman Low in Florida says they too confiscated two phones during the emergency test.
It's unclear how many other prisons faced similar circumstances -- we called around in Arizona, California, Illinois and others -- but you gotta imagine it was a problem nationwide.
A source in Nevada tells us most of their prisoners were already aware the alert was gonna happen, likely turning their phones off, so they didn't confiscate any devices.
Amish men who secretly owned cellphones were reportedly outed by Wednesday’s national Emergency Alert System test, causing them to be shunned by their peers.
A formerly Amish man took to TikTok to reveal that the loud noise sounding the alert test reportedly exposed concealed cellphones of three supposed members of the religious community unwilling to abandon modern devices, according to DailyMail.
@yodertoter40 Several Amish men get shunned by the Amish church when the emergency alert system went off. Lol. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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“Guess what, I just got a couple of my Amish buddies shunned today by the Amish Church,” Eli Yoder, an ex-Amish man, said. “Over the years there’s been quite a few Amish men who reached out and wanted phones, so whenever they request to have a phone, I’ll do everything I can to try to get them a phone.”
What's amusing about this situation is that obviously, both people locked up in prisons and in Amish society would have little to no idea that this national test was even going to take place.
It would have been hilarious to see the looks on their faces when these alarms went off!
