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Articles tagged with: Prison and Prisons
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
60-Year Sentence for Posessing a Cellphone in Prison
A prisoner has been sentenced to an additional 60-years in prison after a court found him guilty of possessing a mobile phone inside the prison facility. In the case, the Texas jury determined the punishment, and after finding Coffield Unit inmate guilty, they passed the 60 year sentence, to be added to his existing punishment. more
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Cellular Networks Should Surrender Revenue From Illegal Cell Phones
A firm which sells mobile phone jammers for use in prisons is demanding that phone companies be forced to hand over revenues from call time generated by contraband phones. The CEO of CellAntenna Corporation, Howard Melamed said tha the money would pay for the extra guards and equipment needed to tackle the growing epidemic of inmates using cell phones in prisons. more
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Pigeons Smuggling Mobile Phones into Brazilian Prisons
.. have intercepted two homing pigeons which had been trained to carry parts of mobile phones to prison cells, where the handsets were later assembled by the prisoners. The trick of training pigeons to carry contraband into prisons is not a new i more
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UK Prisons Install Scanners to Stop Smuggling of Mobile Phones
The UK's prisons are introducing bottom scanners to prevent the smuggling of mobile phones, which are often hidden inside visitors bodies. The chair shaped scanners, called Body Orifice Security Scanners (Boss), cost £6,500 each and are being introduced in 102 jails around the UK to tackle the crime, reports The Daily Telegraph newspaper. more
Scotland Bans Mobile Phones in Prisions - Approves use of Jammers
..rnment has passed a new law to make it specifically illegal to possess a mobile phone inside a prison cell, as will be attempting to pass these items to offenders in prison. The government also plans to bring in new laws which would result in a more
Seven Prisoners Hospitalised After Hiding Mobile Phones in their Bodies
Pakistan's prisons Department has carried out a series of sweeps of prisoners at Camp Jail using metal detectors and seized 30 mobile phones which had been hidden in their rectums. Seven of the prisoners had to have medical intervention to remove the phones. more
Prisoner Uses Mobile Phone to Call Radio Station
.. station from his cell using an unauthorised mobile phone. John Daly, who is serving a nine year prison sentence was able to phone RTE's LiveLine radio show. The Justice Minister said that he was hoping for the results of an inquiry by the Director o more
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