September 30, 2010
Schwarzenegger vetoes prison cell-phone bill
September 30, 2010 - Despite threats posed by skyrocketing cell-phone use by prison inmates, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation Wednesday to make furnishing them such devices a misdemeanor.
The governor also rejected a measure that would have lowered the fine for motorists who make illegal right turns at a red light, saying the change from $450 per violation to $220 would send "the wrong message to the public that California is tolerant of these types of offenses." Cities, many of which use video cameras to enforce red light violations and charge the higher fine for turning right at a red light without coming to a full stop, had pushed for the veto...
LINK - SacBee.com
Related news - just a couple weeks earlier...
Attack on SC prison guard renews phone-jam debate
September 13, 2010 - South Carolina authorities who have helped push for permission to block cell phone signals inside prisons say an officer in charge of keeping out contraband was nearly killed at his home - in an attack planned with a smuggled phone.
Corrections Department Capt. Robert Johnson was getting ready to go to work at Lee Correctional Institution about 50 miles east of Columbia one day last March. Around 5:30 a.m., a man broke down the front door of Johnson's mobile home, shooting the 15-year prison veteran six times in the chest and stomach...
LINK - AP.Google News
