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"author_name": "Jon Zumkehr",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/users/jon-zumkehr/profile",
"title": "Prison Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2023 ",
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"description": "Please support the Prison Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2023 The use of contraband cell phones is widespread in both federal and state prison facilities. Inmates have used contraband cell phones to conduct illegal activities, including ordering hits on individuals outside of the prison walls, running illegal drug operations, conducting illegal business deals, facilitating sex trafficking, and organizing escapes which endanger correctional employees, other inmates, and members of the public. Bureau of Prisons Correctional officer Lt. Osvaldo Albarati was murdered in 2013 for interrupting an illicit contraband cell phone business. His actual assassination was initiated by an inmate using a contraband cell phone to contact the gunman as outlined in the indictment. A 2018 report showed an FCI Fort Dix inmate arranged murder and assault from a smuggled phone in a Jersey prison. Another inmate of the same Jersey prison was reportedly charged with possessing and distributing child pornography on a contraband phone within the prison. Six other inmates also pled guilty. "Prisoners have used contraband cell phones to direct illegal activities outside prison walls, including hits on rivals, sex trafficking, drug operations, and business deals. Cellphone jamming devices can stop this, but the Federal Communications Act doesn't allow facilities to use this technology. My bill would fix this problem so that criminals serve their time without posing a threat to the general public," said Senator Cotton. The Cell Phone Jamming Reform Act would allow states and federal governments to block cell phone signals in state and federal prisons. This legislation is supported by the Correctional Leaders Association, the Council of Prison Locals, the American Correctional Association, the National Sheriff’s Association, and the Major County Sheriffs of America.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/prison-cellphone-jamming-reform-act-of-2023-2"
}