A PRISONER awaiting trial for an alleged knife attack has updated his profile on the internet from his jail cell.

The Examiner can reveal that Dallas Texas Liburd’s Facebook profile was updated via a mobile phone while he was in prison.

Liburd, 23, of Cowlersley, was remanded in custody following an alleged knife attack on a woman in January 17.

Liburd, who denies using a knife but admits causing grievous bodily harm, will appear before a crown court judge on April 26.

But on April 4, Liburd’s Facebook profile was updated with the message: “Dallas is jus kickin bk in hes pad (jail slang for cell).”

A friend replies a few hours later: “What’s good fam? U cool in there ... I didn’t even realise u was online in there! Send me ur number init.”

Another friend adds: “Hey u b**ch cya wednesday xxx” – believed to be a reference to Liburd’s appearance at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday.

It is illegal to smuggle a mobile phone, or mobile phone parts into jail.

Facebook rules prohibit profiles being updated from in prison.

But according to a Government report, one mobile phone per day was confiscated from prisoners in Yorkshire jails between February, 2009, and January this year.

And hundreds more phones, which prisoners use to organise crimes on the outside, are believed to be stashed away by cons and those on remand.

Statistics revealed by Justice Minister Maria Eagle showed the authorities found 4,461 mobiles and 4,325 sim cards in prisons in England and Wales between February, 2009, and January this year. Among them were 376 mobiles and 379 sim cards in Yorkshire.

No mobile phones or sim cards were seized at New Hall Prison, Flockton, according to the report.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “The Ministry of Justice and Facebook are taking action to remove the profiles of serving prisoners who are in breach of Facebook rules by updating them from prison or having them updated by third parties from outside.

“It is a specific criminal offence, under the Offender Management Act 2007, to convey contraband, including mobile phones and their component parts, into or out of a prison.

“In addition, prisoners on temporary release from prison can have conditions put on their licences forbidding them from updating social networking profiles.”

TOUGH new laws about prison security were confirmed last night.

Two Bills containing Ministry of Justice provisions received Royal Assent. They are the Crime and Security Bill (Home Office) and the Children Schools and Families Bill (Department for Children Schools and Families).

The Crime and Security Act makes it an offence to possess in prison, without authorisation, a mobile telephone or any other device capable of transmitting or receiving images, sounds or information. It is already a specific criminal offence, under the Offender Management Act 2007, to convey contraband, including controlled drugs, mobile phones and their component parts, into or out of a prison.