Letting prisons jam contraband phones is a bad idea, phone companies tell FCC

A Federal Communications Commission proposal to let state and local prisons jam contraband cell phones has support from ...

Georgia AG leads 23-state push to block contraband cell phones in prisons

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a 23-state coalition urging the Federal Communications Commission to allow ...
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FCC chair announces plans to help rid Arkansas prisons and jails of cell phones

>> HERE IN LITTLE ROCK TODAY, THE FCC CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THAT THE COMMISSION, WHEN THEY MEET AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WILL VOTE ON LIFTING A BAN THAT WOULD ALLOW STATE PRISONS AND LOCAL COUNTY JAILS ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Griffin, Cotton push to allow cell phone jamming in prisons

"The bottom line is contraband cell phones pose a serious risk," Cotton said. Jamming cell phones is currently prohibited under federal law because the equipment can interfere with 911 calls and ...
Jezebel

Fed-up teacher suspended for jamming students’ cell phones so they’d pay attention in class

Dean Liptak, a science teacher at Hudson High School in Bradenton, Fla., has been suspended without pay for five days for choosing C. According to the Bradenton Herald, he was frustrated by his ...