Nessel Supports Cell Phone Jamming Systems For Prisons

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 03/27/2025) Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 attorneys general calling on Congress to pass H.R. 2350 and S. 1137, federal legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in prisons.

Introduced by Tennessee Congressman David Kustoff and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, the bill aims to disrupt inmates’ ability to orchestrate crimes from behind bars using smuggled cell phones.

The coalition’s letter highlights how inmates exploit contraband phones to direct drug trafficking operations; orchestrate violence inside and outside prison walls; run sophisticated fraud schemes preying on vulnerable citizens; intimidate witnesses and terrorize victims’ families; and plot escape attempts endangering law enforcement and the public.

Federal law currently bans states from using cell phone jamming technology. H.R. 2350 and S. 1137 would grant states the authority to deploy targeted jamming systems within prisons.