AG Jackson co-led a bipartisan coalition of 31 Attorneys General in sending a letter urging Congress to pass legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in jails and prisons. The legislation aims to disrupt inmates’ ability to commit crimes using smuggled cell phones, by giving governments the authority to deploy targeted jamming systems within jails and prisons while avoiding disruption of emergency signals like 9-1-1. 

“North Carolina has seen how much harm someone can cause by using a cell phone in prison or jail. Incarcerated people can use these contraband cell phones to keep breaking the law and put innocent people and law enforcement officers in danger on the outside. This bipartisan legislation would help curb drug trafficking, fraud, witness intimidation, violence and other offenses while making North Carolina’s justice systems and communities safer. We’re asking Congress to help make this law.” – AG Jackson