{"id":26030,"date":"2023-08-31T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26030"},"modified":"2023-08-31T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:28:50","slug":"alex-murdaugh-loses-phone-privileges-in-prison-after-media-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/08\/31\/alex-murdaugh-loses-phone-privileges-in-prison-after-media-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Murdaugh loses phone privileges in prison after media call"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina lawyer serving a life sentence for murder, has lost his phone privileges in prison after speaking to the media without permission.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 55-year-old’s lawyer recorded him reading his diary entries during a call in June, prison officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The audio was then allegedly given to the producers of a forthcoming Fox Nation documentary about his case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Murdaugh was convicted in March of killing his wife and younger son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, a spokeswoman for South Carolina state prisons said “victims of crime should not have to see or hear the person who victimised them or their family member on the news”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Murdaugh was found to have violated two internal prison policies at a disciplinary hearing earlier this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As well as his phone, he will lose access to a tablet computer and will not be able to buy items from the prison canteen for a month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The department will determine when and if inmate Murdaugh will earn the opportunity to be issued a tablet again,”\u00a0a spokesperson told The Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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