“Live from prison! Who’s missing me?” Meet the dangerous thugs who are posting pictures from jail (PHOTOS)

When these two violent thugs were jailed, their victims must have felt  some sense of relief that  they were behind bars and being punished.

The pictures here, however, tell a very different story – because they were actually taken in their cell and posted on Facebook so they could boast about their ‘easy life’ inside.

Behind the pair a PlayStation 2 can be seen, as well as a television that is showing a music channel. Other pictures appear to show a cell filled with a mini-fridge, sound system, piles of snacks and posters of topless glamour models.

'Easy': Sonny Barker, seen left posing in his cell with another prisoner, has been posting pictures of his 'easy' life behind bars on Facebook

‘Easy’: Sonny Barker, seen left posing with his cellmate Korrel Kennedy, has been posting pictures of his ‘easy’ life behind bars on Facebook

Sonny Barker, 20, was jailed  for eight years after he held  a mother and daughter at knifepoint in their home during a burglary. But the serial offender smuggled a phone into his cell at HMP Rochester in Kent to show off his cushy surroundings.

In the pictures posted on his Facebook account, he poses with cellmate Korrel Kennedy, 20, a former Jean Paul Gaultier model, who was jailed for chasing a  man with a knife and threatening hospital staff.

In his first post on Facebook on June 29, Barker wrote: ‘What’s happening! Coming from live from prison. Whos (sic) missing me.’  He added: ‘I’ll be home soon. Real soon December 2015.’

'On smash': The 20-year-old, who was jailed for eight years for holding a mother and daughter at knifepoint, has been posting pictures on Facebook and via BlackBerry Messenger

‘On smash’: The 20-year-old, who was jailed for eight years for holding a mother and daughter at knifepoint, has been posting pictures taken on a BlackBerry to Facebook

When one friend wrote he had ‘it on smash’ – prison slang for living an easy life inside – he replied: ‘When haven’t I had it on smash? Admit it, been bossing since  Elmley [Prison].’

Steve Gillan, general secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association,   said he was ‘extremely concerned’ about the pictures and boasts. ‘It is nothing short of scandalous and a breach of security,’ he added.

Jonathan Isaby, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘Serious questions need to be asked of the prison authorities to establish how this was able to happen.’ Barker, from Canterbury, was jailed in May last year after he burst into a family home last February wearing a balaclava and held a knife to a woman’s face and then to the stomach of her 16-year-old daughter. The court heard he already had 24 convictions dating back to 2008.

Vain: Barker, seen right, said in a Facebook post he had been 'bossing since Elmley' - a reference to another prison

Vain: Barker, seen right, said in a Facebook post he had been ‘bossing since Elmley’ – a reference to another prison

'Scandalous': The Prison Officers' Association said it was 'extremely concerned' that inmates had been able to smuggle phones into their cells

‘Scandalous’: The Prison Officers’ Association said it was ‘extremely concerned’ that inmates had been able to smuggle phones into their cells

Kennedy was once described as ‘Britain’s worst teen’, but was given a chance to mend his ways and modelled for Jean Paul Gaultier on the catwalk at Paris Men’s Fashion Week. But in 2011 he was jailed for two and a half years after chasing a man with a knife in Brighton city centre and threatening staff at a local hospital.

HMP Rochester is a category-C young offender institution for 650 male offenders deemed untrustworthy and likely to try to escape. Past inspections have found evidence of bullying and a Fight Club-style culture in the prison.

A Prison Service spokesman said: ‘It is a criminal offence to have a mobile phone in prison and any prisoner found with one will be dealt with severely.’

Read more: Daily Mail

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