Prisons Allowed to Jam Cellphone Signals
This new law permits federal and state correctional facilities to use cellphone jamming equipment. The goal is to prevent illegal communication from within these facilities. Citizens will not experience direct changes in their daily lives unless they are inmates or prison staff.
Key points
Correctional facilities can now jam cellphone signals to prevent communication from contraband devices.
Jamming operations will be limited to the housing facilities within the correctional facility.
States are responsible for funding the entire cost of jamming systems in state correctional facilities.
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