A federal prison inmate will stay behind bars a little longer after he pleaded guilty to using a contraband phone to post a Facebook video from inside his cell.
Brian J. Wilson, 32, admitted to using a cellphone to post photos and videos to social media from the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, according to U.S. Attorney BJay Pak.
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Wilson was serving a 10-year sentence for possession of a stolen gun, Pak said. He has been an inmate in the Atlanta facility since May 2018.
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Wilson posted images to Facebook, posted a selfie holding the phone while in his cell and streamed live videos, Pak said.
The videos were streamed between late May and July, Pak said. In one stream, he said he set up a GoFundMe page for his cellmate, AJC.com previously reported.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
“We starting a GoFundMe fund for my cellie, man,” Wilson said. “Look at him. He dried up. He hungry.”
In another video, he decided to give life advice to all the “little kids” watching his streams.
“Don’t do drugs, sell drugs, steal guns (and) stay away from the guns, especially if you’re a convicted felon, because the federal law ain’t playing ... the United States will lock your (expletive) up,” he said.
The Contraband Act of 2010 made it a crime for federal inmates to possess or use cellphones, Pak said. Wilson was charged with possessing a contraband cellphone in prison under that law on April 29.
Wilson wasn’t set to be released until November 2022, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records. It is not clear how much additional time the guilty plea will add to his sentence, but it will be added when he finishes his current term.
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