Cell Phones News Archive

16-Dec-2008

 

Inmates finding ways to get cell phones into prison (NBC 13 Birmingham)

The warden of Augusta State Medical Prison says 21 Cell Phones have been found among inmates this year, an increase of 16 from 2007. Five Cell Phones being used by 10 inmates were discovered during a Nov. 13 search of the prison, which houses 1,300 prisoners.

Test to jam prison cell phones scuttled (Austin American-Statesman)

State prison officials on Monday abruptly canceled a much-ballyhooed test of electronic jamming technology designed to curb an epidemic of smuggled Cell Phones in prisons.

Cell phones in the classroom? Maybe (Pikes Peak Courier View)

Students might some day be allowed to use their cell phones and personal laptops in Woodland Park RE-2 classrooms. After attending the annual Colorado Association of School Boards conference recently, several Woodland Park RE-2 School Board directors said they want to take a new look at how the district regulates electronic devices at school.

Officials: Bank bomber might have used cell phones (AP via Yahoo! News)

Cell phones might have been used in a bomb blast that killed two officers who had carried the device into an Oregon bank, investigators said Sunday as they released surveillance photos of a "person of interest."

Teen Drivers' Cell Phones Jammed By Car Key (Medical News Today)

University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.

Vets group seeks old cell phones (Asbury Park Press)

SEASIDE HEIGHTS: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 351 is collecting old cell phones for the Cell Phones for Soldiers project.

Cell phones for Humane Society (Wickenburg Sun)

Under the guidance of Heidi Kerwan and Julie Amaral, local girls from Girl Scout and Brownie troop No.1045 have begun a citywide drive to collect used cell phones.

U.S. law cancels Texas test to jam prison cell phones (Houston Chronicle)

State prison officials, looking for ways to stop contraband cell phones from landing in the hands of inmates, had planned Thursday to take a look at the latest technology: phone jamming.

Secret cell phones a problem in Augusta prison (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The warden of Augusta State Medical Prison says 21 Cell Phones have been found among inmates this year, an increase of 16 from 2007.

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