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FCC Moves Forward With Prison Cell Phone Signal-Jamming

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving right along in its bid to cut off prison communication from both sides,…

December 1, 2025

Prison Contraband Drone Drops Are Becoming a Problem for Local Jails

Drones are such a popular method of bringing contraband into Georgia’s prisons that they're creating their own mini incarceration boom.…

October 27, 2025

Inevitably, FCC Moves to Let Prisons Use Illegal Cell Phone Signal Jammers

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is about to formally consider allowing corrections departments to use cell phone signal jamming devices.…

September 9, 2025

With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling

[Read Part 1 of this story here]   In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) approved a budget increase of…

August 25, 2025

The Return of the Prison Poker Game

The tobacco bans that Georgia Department of Corrections implemented in 2010 changed the way things were done here, the way…

August 12, 2025

Feds Share Prison Contraband Data They May Not Have Thought Through

The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) has released a report on sentencing for contraband violations in federal prisons between 2019…

June 24, 2025

How Tablets Changed Georgia Prisons, More Than GDC Intended

In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) started…

November 19, 2024

One Drug Dominates Our Prison’s Supply. We Don’t Know What It Is.

During the pandemic, the Michigan Department of Corrections suspended all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, “substance abuse” classes and support groups, many…

April 27, 2022