South Carolina Could Soon Block Illegal Cellphone Signals Inside Prisons Under Proposed FCC Change
The proposal follows reports of more than 25,000 cellphones recovered from state prisons and aims to curb drugs and crimes organized inside facilities.
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FCC to vote on allowing phone jamming in these facilities across the country
The Federal Communications Commission will vote in November to grant states and local correctional facilities the ability to jam contraband cellphones in prisons and jails, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Wednesday.
Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules that would allow prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned under Section 333 and the Communications Act of 1934, with few exceptions, and Carr has noted they've been permitted for use at some federal facilities already. Carr claims […]
FCC to vote on rule allowing jamming of cellphones in prison | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The FCC will vote on a rule change on how and when the federal government can jam cellphones, with the intent of stopping the use of contraband phones in state and federal prisons.
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