FCC considers allowing cellphone jamming in prisons to curb organized crime
TL;DR
Robert Johnson, a former corrections officer shot by an inmate using a contraband cellphone, has campaigned for the FCC to allow cellphone jamming in prisons to prevent violence and crime. After years of resistance due to legal and industry concerns, a key FCC vote is scheduled to consider changing laws to permit jamming technology, which could significantly improve prison security and prevent contraband-related violence.
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- Ex-prison guard, shot six times, hails FCC push to allow cellphone jamming behind bars NBC News
- We can calm prison chaos — if the FCC greenlights cell-phone jamming New York Post
- The manufactured panic over prison cellphones Arkansas Times
- Oklahoma prisons may be able to jam cellphone signals by the end of the month KFOR.com
- FCC to vote on allowing cellphone jamming in GA prisons amid 'heinous' organized crimes WGXA
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