Arkansas Prison Officials Seek More FCC Action on Contraband Phones
The Arkansas Board of Corrections and the Department of Corrections urged the FCC to act on contraband cellphones, in filings posted Thursday in docket 13-111 (see here and here). In March, commissioners approved 3-0 rules and a Further NPRM to…
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combat contraband cellphones in correctional facilities (see 1703230056). Board Chairman Benny Magness wrote: “Those using the network to smuggle contraband cellphones into correctional facilities could use the same network to smuggle in weapons." The FCC should amend its rules to allow “surgical jamming technology, and to provide stringent measures to ensure carrier cooperation, with beacon technology, managed access technology and future technologies,” he said.