August 5, 2009
US Senate Panel OKs Cell-Phone Jamming For Prison Inmates
The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to allow jailors to jam cell phone connections inside prisons.
Recent high-profile cases of contraband cell phones in prisons, coupled with the buzz over cell-jamming legislation, is helping spur a new market for wireless companies and intelligence contractors bent on stopping inmate cell phone use.
The bill, sponsored by the committee's ranking Republican, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, allows prisons to petition the Federal Communications Commission to use cell phone-jamming devices as long as they don't cause interference with bona fide communications…
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