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Contraband Cell Phones

By Steve Hall

"Congress moves to crack down on prison cell phones," is the title of an AP report via the Washington Post.  It's written by Jim Abrams.Congress moved Tuesday to make it tougher for federal prison inmates to use cell phones and wireless devices to direct criminal activities within or outside prison walls. The House voted by voice to close a loophole in federal law by banning the use or possession of cell phones or wireless devices in federal prisons and classifying those devices as contraband. Currently, cell phones and wireless devices are not specifically defined as contraband, and inmates and guards caught smuggling the devices into prisons are rarely punished. The Senate has passed a similar bill. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).