CD sales are increasing in one place... Prison!

Music Radar magazine used a picture from "Jailhouse Rock" to illustrate the popularity of retro technologies in prison.

There's one place CD sales are booming: prison. "A Los Angeles company called Pack Central started selling music to The USA's incarcerated in 2003, and is now doing $1 million of business every year."

Music Radar magazine used a picture of Elvis in "Jailhouse Rock" to illustrate the bizarre popularity of retro technologies with everyone around the whole cell block.

"Surprisingly, it's not just CDs that are popular either – 60% of the company's sales are on good old analogue cassette. Why? Because shiny silver discs are banned in many facilities, as the authorities fear that they could be used for purposes other than aural entertainment. Screws in the cassettes have to be removed for the same reason."

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