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  2. Carr wants to know why FCC won't allow prison cell phone jamming

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    (The Center Square) – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr wants to know why the Federal Communications Commission will not let law enforcement jam prison and jail cell phones. Cellphones are not ...

  3. Mobile phones in prison - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, a prison in Bristol added telephones and computers which were not connected to the internet into the prison cells in an attempt to combat illegal mobile phone usage. [24] [25] The UK Parliament passed a law which would allow mobile phone operators to jam cell phone signals in prisons later that year. The legislation also enabled prison ...

  4. Prison slang - Wikipedia

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    Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language . [ 1 ] Many of the terms deal with criminal behavior, incarcerated life, legal cases, street life, and different types of inmates.

  5. Mobile phone jammer - Wikipedia

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    Example of a mobile phone jammer, produced by Jammerspro. A mobile phone jammer or blocker is a device which deliberately transmits signals on the same radio frequencies as mobile phones, disrupting the communication between the phone and the cell-phone base station, effectively disabling mobile phones within the range of the jammer, preventing them from receiving signals and from transmitting ...

  6. Cellphone jamming tested at South Carolina state prison

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    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials this week oversaw the test at a South Carolina prison of a cellphone signal jamming technology that some hope will help combat the threat posed by inmates ...

  7. Prison phone jamming demo canceled, inmates promptly order ...

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    There's been a little bit of drama brewing out in DC lately, and for good reason: prisoners' ability to order pizza, drugs, and hits from the comfort of their cells is at risk. After ordering an ...

  8. Communications Act of 1934 - Wikipedia

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    The 1934 Communications Act prohibits local and state law enforcement from using jamming devices to thwart criminal and terrorist acts. CellAntenna lost its case, but as a response have supported legislation (The Safe Prisons Communications Act) sponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Representative Kevin Brady , attempting to amend the ...

  9. 'Do not pass Go, go directly to jail' has real meaning for ...

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    Reppke was not allowed to collect his $200 when passing Go because he was taken to jail. Real jail. One neighbor later quipped , "I guess he takes his Monopoly pretty seriously."