Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes signed on in support of federal legislation that would allow states to use cell phone jamming systems in prisons. The legislation aims to combat crimes orchestrated ...

State officials are urging Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to allow state prisons to use cell phone jamming technology, after several investigations found contraband phones are ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Proposed legislation in Washington D.C. led by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton aims to prevent inmates from conducting criminal activity using cell phones inside prison walls. The ...

"The bottom line is contraband cell phones pose a serious risk," Cotton said. Jamming cell phones is currently prohibited under federal law because the equipment can interfere with 911 calls and ...

U.S. Representative David Kustoff introduced a bill to make cell phone jamming legal in prisons. Two teenagers were arrested in Memphis for allegedly committing multiple armed robberies. A Shelby ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the FCC voting for cell phone jamming in state and local prisons. Agents and troops with the Memphis Safe Task Force set up a base of operations ...

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CHAPIN, S.C. — Federal officials on Friday said they are taking steps that will give state and federal prisons the right to jam the signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates, devices they argue allow ...

But I have baby mommas and if I want to go visit them in the pen, I cant use my metro phone, cause dey be blockin it. There is a Federal Penitentary (sp?) near here, and there are homes within 100 ...