'Safe Prisons Communication Act' passes Senate, inmates won't be able to hear you soon

Inmates certainly are industrious folk, relying on pigeons and helicopters and surely the odd baked good or body cavity to smuggle cell phones into prisons. Soon it'll be all for naught, with the Senate unanimously passing the Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009, allowing prisons to use cellphone jammers. Now the Act will be run over to the House, where we presume it'll flow through with equal expediency. Mind you, cellphone jammer usage outside of jails will continue to be decidedly illegal, meaning activating one could result in your going to jail. Now that would be tragic.

[Via textually.org]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 9:01AM]

Wow...I feel so much safer now! I'm glad there's nothing else more important going on in the world that needs the Senate's attention.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 9:23AM]

I see what you did there, Tim.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 10:08AM]

Considering the ability of criminals to continue to run their "businesses" outside of the prison via cell phones (which causes continued police activity i.e. tax outlays), not to mention fraud (which raises all of our mobile bills) or other unnamed crimes, it IS a good thing that they've done something about this.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 10:56AM]

Wow, the Senate actually passed something the people WANTED done. I thought they only did things the public doesn't want. Who knew.

[JayMonster Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:04PM]

Actually, it is probably more because the CORPORATIONS (Verizon, at&t, T-Mobile) wanted it done so that they aren't stuck with so many cases of fraud and not being able to get paid. "Something the people wanted"... hehe you're funny. /sarcasm

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:50PM]

Yep. Good ole' political activism. Now all the angry mobs waving banners can rest easy.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 1:06PM]

Corporations... people... doesn't matter to me. They did something that makes sense. Now why don't they pass a bill making prison a living hell instead of giving them all the creature comforts of home.

[JayMonster Posted Oct 7th 2009 2:23PM]

@Douglas

My point is that they did it because the companies that line their pockets wanted it. Because it was the "right thing to do" was just a matter of happenstance. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 4:04PM]

Jay, if you believe that, fine with me. If that is the case here, the politicians taking money are wrong for doing it. I hope you understand that and use your power as a voting citizen (if you are) to remove these immoral heartless people from office. I know I will. This culture of corruption in washington and in all of our goverments, state and local, needs to end. Do your part and vote people in who actually have a backbone, moral values, and believe in right and wrong.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 1:49PM]

Too bad real criminals have been able to build their empire (business) and kill people from a prison cell long before cell phones came into the picture.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 2:11PM]

i wonder did anyone notice the verizon guy sitting there?????? can yo see me now???? good!!!! lmao well allen has a good point.