Company Asks FCC to Seek Comment on Contraband Cellphone Detection Technology
Representatives of the Detection Innovation Group (DI-Group) urged FCC action on the company's expedited petition for rulemaking filed in July on its iLink system for detecting contraband cellphones in prisons using ankle bracelets. Representatives spoke with an aide to Chairwoman…
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Jessica Rosenworcel. “The FCC has consistently sought to identify new technologies to legally address the urgent need to stop inmate phone calls from contraband devices in prison,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 13-111: “DI Group seeks an expedited determination of the iLink system currently being tested and set for future trial in correctional institutions in the United States.”