Valdosta State Prison has experienced inmate cellphone issues
Feb. 5—VALDOSTA — It's illegal for inmates in Georgia prisons to own cellphones. That doesn't mean they don't have them. In 2022, prison authoritie...
Feb. 5—VALDOSTA — It's illegal for inmates in Georgia prisons to own cellphones. That doesn't mean they don't have them. In 2022, prison authorities in Georgia confiscated 229 phones from prisoners at Valdosta State Prison, said Joan Heath, spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Corrections. Statewide, more than 8,000 phones were seized from prison inmates that year, she said. Attention to the problems of inmates with cellphones was highlighted recently when 22 state attorneys general, including Georgia's Chris Carr, urged congressional leaders to change federal law to allow prisons to use cellphone jamming technology, which is forbidden under the Federal Communications Act of 1934.