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You cannot use a jammer of any kind in the United States, for almost all values of you, including state and federal penal agencies. https://www.fcc.gov/general/jammer-enforcement
That's an interesting US fact, but the story is about the UK. Is it likewise restricted there?
Call to ban sale of mini mobile phones
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
You cannot use a jammer of any kind in the United States, for almost all values of you, including state and federal penal agencies. https://www.fcc.gov/general/jammer-enforcement
That's an interesting US fact, but the story is about the UK. Is it likewise restricted there?
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#24It's kind of funny to ban an item that's already being smuggled in through a ban. Seems like it might just add another layer to the smuggling scheme. We'll eventually get to a point where the phone travels from assembly line to prison cell entirely within people's butts.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
As an alternative it'd be nice to see some higher-tech GSM detection technology that allowed them to pinpoint the phones (or at least be aware of their presence).
So, cell towers?
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#27Why not just let prisoners have free access to the phone? This has never made sense to me.
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#29Don't these also have a legit use for people like journalists, who may also require a covert means of communication?
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#30Considering that it is very problematic to use jammers and hardly possible to ban sales, too (if it becomes impossible to sell them directly, people will start to sell them from Shenzhen, which does not change the problem), this is probably the best option.