The bill would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from stopping state or federal correctional facilities from using systems that jam wireless communications to or from contraband devices or people held there. Jamming would be limited to the facility’s housing areas. Before using a system, a facility would have to consult local law enforcement and other public safety officials and notify the Director of the Bureau of Prisons.
Correctional facilities could use cellphone jamming systems under the bill’s conditions. The text does not describe other effects on the public.
A state operating a state correctional facility would pay the full cost of its jamming system, including operating costs. No publicly available information on costs for federal facilities.
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