LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Later this month, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on a plan to lift restrictions on jamming cellphone signals in state and federal prisons.
In a Sept. 5 press conference in Little Rock, Ark., FCC Chair Brendan Carr, along with Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Attorney General Tim Griffin, said the potential move is intended to crack down on inmates who use contraband cellphones to commit crimes.
“For years, thousands upon thousands of contraband cellphones have been pouring into prisons, and some of the worst possible offenders have been using them to order hits, coordinate violent gang activity and aid criminal enterprises,” Carr said in a statement. “While the FCC has authorized a range of solutions in the past, it has stopped short of allowing jamming. It is time to empower law enforcement to put additional solutions in place — including jamming.”…