GOP AGs Back Carr on Jamming State Prison Cellphones

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2025 — State chief law enforcement officials across the country voiced the need for new federal regulations so local and state prisons can combat inmates’ cellphone use to coordinate crime from behind bars.

A coalition of 23 Republican state attorneys general has voiced support for a Federal Communications Commission proposal that would allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones.

In a letter led by Attorney General Tim Griffin R-Ark., the attorneys general urged the FCC to reconsider federal law that currently prohibits jamming technology in correctional facilities. They argued that the blanket restriction prevents states and localities from addressing the security risks posed by smuggled phones.