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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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    Consideration has been given to using cell phone jammers inside of prison walls to render them ineffective. The practice of jamming cell phone signals is illegal in the United States. Exceptions to this law have been considered for prisons, though there is concern that a cell phone could be a guard's lifeline in a crisis, and other rescuers may ...

  4. Group of illegals used blowtorches, cellphone jammers and ...

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    A federal grand jury returned an indictment against 11 foreign nationals for using blowtorches and cellphone jammers to ... the defendants face a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison ...

  5. Illegal cellphones in SC prisons are causing trouble. The ...

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    For years, the Department of Corrections has wanted the ability to jam cellphone signals in around prisons, but federal law prohibits the practice, and federal legislation to allow cellphone ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Stingray phone tracker - Wikipedia

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    Then, the vehicle moves to another location and sends out signals until it connects with the phone. When the signal strength is determined from enough locations, the computer system centralizes the phone and is able to find it. Cell phones are programmed to constantly search for the strongest signal emitted from cell phone towers in the area.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Internet in prisons - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, cell phone smuggling into prisons has been an increasing problem. In 2010, the Federal Bureau of Prisons workers confiscated 1,188 mobile devices. [ 2 ] Most of the smuggled cell phones have access to the internet, and inmates are able to connect without monitoring from guards.