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February 17th, 2010, 19:20
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As we wait for the Safe Prisons Communication Act (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/safe-prisons-communication-act-passes-senate-inmates-wont-be/) to pass the House, word comes out of Maryland that FCI Cumberland will begin testing cellphone jamming technology this week. As you well know, critics of the plan have voiced concerns that the technology could interfere with emergency response and legitimate cell phone use near prisons, but the state is determined to put those criticisms to rest -- and to keep inmates from using contraband cellphones for prank calling the warden's wife, sexting folks on the outside, ordering brutal execution-style "hits" on people, and quite frankly bedeviling the law-abiding citizens that prisons are meant to protect. We can't help but wonder how HBO's Oz would have turned out differently if this had happened ten years ago.
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As we wait for the Safe Prisons Communication Act (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/safe-prisons-communication-act-passes-senate-inmates-wont-be/) to pass the House, word comes out of Maryland that FCI Cumberland will begin testing cellphone jamming technology this week. As you well know, critics of the plan have voiced concerns that the technology could interfere with emergency response and legitimate cell phone use near prisons, but the state is determined to put those criticisms to rest -- and to keep inmates from using contraband cellphones for prank calling the warden's wife, sexting folks on the outside, ordering brutal execution-style "hits" on people, and quite frankly bedeviling the law-abiding citizens that prisons are meant to protect. We can't help but wonder how HBO's Oz would have turned out differently if this had happened ten years ago.
Prison cellphone jamming gets its first test in Maryland (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/prison-cellphone-jamming-gets-its-first-test-in-maryland/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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