FCC to vote on allowing prisons to use cellphone signal jammers

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has announced that the agency will vote on November 19 on rules that would permit prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally prohibited under Section 333 of the Communications Act of 1934, apart from a few exceptions. Carr noted that jammers have already been allowed at some federal facilities. He argued the devices are needed to stop contraband cellphones, which he said have been used to order hits and coordinate gang violence. The article is cut off before detailing the outcome or further reasoning.