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Articles tagged with: Prison
Dogs sniff out inmates' illegal cell phones in NJ
As Congress considers whether to allow state prisons to install cell phone jamming devices, New Jersey is grappling with ways to stop inmates from running criminal enterprises from behind bars. more
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20 governors back prison cell phone jamming bill
Twenty governors have signed a letter to support legislation in Congress to allow states to jam contraband cell phones in prisons. more
Officials test cell phone detection at prison
Officials from five states observed tests on cell phone detection technology at a closed Maryland prison on Thursday, as states are taking a greater interest in finding ways to halt violence orchestrated by inmates behind prison walls. more
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Tecore Networks Gets Permission to Test Phone Jammers in Prisons
..understand alternatives to call-jamming that may be used to manage the use of cell phones in prisons. There have been rising concerns in the USA over the past few months about prisoners using mobile phones that are smuggled into their cells more
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No cell phone bars behind bars
Inmate Jody Thompson struck up a romantic relationship with a prison dental assistant, who in turn gave him a token of her love a cell phone. Two weeks later, Thompson used that smuggled cell phone in his escape from the state prison in Carson City. more
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Officials ask help controlling prison cell phones
State officials appealed to members of Congress on Wednesday to give states a new tool to control illegal cell phone use by prison inmates and quickly ran into protests from the phone industry. more
States ask FCC's OK to jam prison cell phones
A Southern prison official says correctional leaders from more than two dozen states have signed a petition asking permission to jam cell phone signals inside state penitentiaries and thwart inmates' forbidden phone calls. more
Brazil prison guards nab pigeon with cell phone
Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cell phone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon - this one wearing a tiny backpack - and said Friday that the practice is becoming almost commonplace. more
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Court: Phone drug buys shouldn't bring extra time
The Supreme Court says that people who buy drugs over the telephone shouldn't get more prison time than people who buy face-to-face from dealers. more
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Jailbirds turn to toy helicopter to smuggle phones
A plot to smuggle cellular phones into a prison yard using a remote-control model helicopter has been foiled after Brazilian police discovered the high-tech toy in the trunk of a car outside a maximum-security lockup. more
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