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Coverage dated September 4, 2025

FCC taking steps that would allow US prisons to jam prisoners' cellphone signals

Headline from WHEC Rochester

Federal officials are moving a step closer to allowing state and federal prisons to jam cellphone signals from devices smuggled to inmates. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday announced the agency's plan to vote on September 30th to lift a restriction that currently pro…

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    FCC taking steps that would allow US prisons to jam prisoners' cellphone signals (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Federal officials are moving a step closer to allowing state and federal prisons to jam cellphone signals from devices smuggled to inmates. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday announced the agency's plan to vote on September 30th to lift a restriction that currently pro…

  2. Arkansas Times

    FCC to consider allowing prisons and jails to jam cellphones despite federal ban - Arkansas Times (opens Arkansas Times)

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    State and federal officials gathered in Little Rock on Friday to announce a plan to let prisons and jails use jamming technology to prevent contraband cellphone use.

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