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BOP News · November 2, 2026 Prison cell phone jamming: what fed and state inmates need to know The FCC votes November 19 on letting state prisons and county jails jam contraband phones. Why it doesn't change federal prisons, and why the BOP probably won't jam anytime soon.

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