COLUMBIA, S.C. — State officials in South Carolina have long pushed for the ability to jam contraband cell phones inside prisons. A new federal proposal could soon make that possible. State leaders ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — State officials are urging Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to allow state prisons to use cell phone jamming technology, after several investigations found ...

A Federal Communications Commission proposal to let state and local prisons jam contraband cell phones has support from ...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes signed on in support of federal legislation that would allow states to use cell phone jamming systems in prisons. The legislation aims to combat crimes orchestrated ...

ATLANTA, GA — There is an ongoing standoff between Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr the Federal Communications Commission about the use of jammers inside local jails and state prisons. Carr is ...

Private use of cell phone blockers is illegal in most Western countries, but the tide is turning. By Olga R. Rodriguez ~ The Associated Press MONTERREY, Mexico -- It was the reporters who noticed ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — One Tennessee congressman believes it’s time to pull the plug on inmates using illegal cell phones to orchestrate hits, run drug rings, and manage criminal enterprises from ...

The use of illegal cellular jammers in the U.S. is on the rise. Criminals across the nation are using these devices to attack alarm systems and burglarize businesses and homes. Cellular signal jammers ...

A group of illegal immigrants from South America was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using construction crew disguises, blowtorches and cellphone jammers, among other "sophisticated ...

Remember the scene in the fourth “Star Trek” movie in which Spock and Captain Kirk, time-traveling to 20th-century Earth, endure the raucous noise from a punk’s blasting boombox while riding on a ...

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