Opinion | Let States Jam Prison Cellphones

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Opinion: The only way to eliminate the public-safety threat from contraband phones in prisons is to disable cell signals and render the devices completely useless, writes Sherri A. Lydon

‘Reception is so bad . . . I’m trying to get over to Verizon, so that way every time, if it’s in my pocket or whatever, your call’s still gonna come in and I can hear you clearer.”

This is not a commercial for a cellphone carrier. These are the words of an inmate serving a life sentence for murder in a South Carolina state prison, who had a big need for cellphone service. He and four other inmates were using phones smuggled into prison to move large quantities of methamphetamine from California to South Carolina. The case,...

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