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Prison smuggling getting more creative in Georgia
By wsbradio.com
Published: 10/16/2015

ATLANTA —

One Georgia official says the quickest way to eliminate a public safety threat is to stop those cellphones from working inside the prison buildings.

Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne first reported the Federal Communications Commission prohibits prisons from jamming the cell signals because of safety concerns.

“It was definitely an eye-opener for me to hear about people using a great platform of a smartphone for such terrible purposes,” said FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai.

“I’m very encouraged. Any problem that you have you’ll never get it solved unless you’re talking about it,” said Department of Corrections Commissioner Homer Bryson.

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