According to an Associated Press story the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee approved a bill in Washington, that might allow States to conduct wireless cell phone jamming in prisons to stop inmates from organizing crimes from behind bars. The panel sent the measure to the full Senate for consideration. The bipartisan legislation would allow states to petition the Federal Communications Commission for permission to use wireless cell phone jamming technology, the Associated Press reported.Read more at the HometownAnnapolis.com Web site, orsee a statement by the Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, one of the bills sponsors.
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