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FCC set to vote on cellphone jamming in prisons after yearslong push from SC

States Newsroom · October 28, 2026

A change in federal policy that would allow state prisons to jam cellphone signals is weeks away, federal officials announced Wednesday in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote Nov. 19 on the change, which would establish cellphones inside prisons as unauthorized and allow…

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FCC set to vote on cellphone jamming in prisons after yearslong push from SC

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