Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals
The FCC will vote on November 19 regarding regulations that would permit prisons to use radiofrequency jammers, currently banned under Section 333 of the Communications Act with limited exceptions. Carr argues jammers are necessary because thousands of contraband cellphones entering prisons enable inmates to order hits, coordinate gang violence, and facilitate criminal operations. Some federal facilities already have jamming permissions under existing exceptions.
Key points
- FCC scheduled to vote November 19 on prison signal jamming rules
- Radiofrequency jammers currently banned with few exceptions under Communications Act
- Justification centers on preventing contraband phone use for criminal coordination
- Some federal facilities already authorized to use jammers
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