“FCC Chair Proposes Letting Prisons Jam Illegal Cellphones as Agency Prepares Key Vote | No” — what this page in the network covers. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is pushing to allow state and federal prisons to deploy cellphone jamming technology, a significant shift from the agency's long-standing resistance to such devices. The FCC will vote next month on a proposal that would relax restrictions, enablin Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is pushing to allow state and federal prisons to deploy cellphone jamming technology, a significant shift from the agency's long-standing resistance to such devices.
The FCC will vote next month on a proposal that would relax restrictions, enabling correctional facilities to block contraband phone signals that fuel criminal activity behind bars. Carr argues that illegal cellphones in prisons pose a serious public safety threat, enabling inmates to coordinate crimes, intimidate witnesses, and run drug operations from inside. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.