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Micro-jamming Technology Testing

Part of ongoing effort to prevent contraband cell phone use

Micro-jamming Technology Testing

(BOP) - On January 17, the Bureau of Prisons, in collaboration with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission, tested micro-jamming technology at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland. The test was conducted to determine if micro-jamming could prevent wireless communication by an inmate using a contraband device in the cell of a housing unit and thereby prevent criminal activity.

See the Department of Justice Press Release for more information.