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FCC to vote on allowing phone jamming in correctional facilities
- The Federal Communications Commission will vote in November on rules to allow phone jamming in prisons and jails.
- FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the vote on November 19th.
- Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned under Section 333 and the Communications Act of 1934, with few exceptions.
- Carr claims that jammers are needed to prevent contraband use of cellphones in correctional facilities.
- The vote follows the use of signal jammers at some federal facilities already.
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cleveland.com·
FCC to vote on allowing phone jamming in these facilities across the country
The Oregonian·
FCC to vote on allowing phone jamming in these facilities across the country
The Star-Ledger (NJ.com)·
FCC to vote on allowing phone jamming in these facilities across the country
The Verge·
Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals