Government watchdog calls for public opinion on prison phone jamming
The government communications watchdog has called for public opinion on whether Australia should introduce mobile phone jamming in prisons.
The call comes ahead of a proposed NSW State Government trial of mobile phone jammers in Lithgow gaol which if successful could make Australia one of about 10 countries to legalise the practice.
Australian and New Zealand heads of correctional services agreed at a Corrective Services Ministers’ Conference in June 2008 to plan the use of phone jammers in prisons and sent the communications watchdog a submission last March. New Zealand has already legalised and is expanding its use of jammers in correctional facilities……..
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Telcos back mobile jamming in gaols
A proposed trial of mobile phone jammers in Lithgow Prison which gathered ground last week had stagnated in government offices for years.
Telstra first proposed the trial “several years ago” after providing government with data from a previous successful test of jamming technology at Parramatta gaol……
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/334573/telcos_back_mobile_jamming_gaols/