Over the years, there have been many reports about cell phones in Georgia’s prisons.  WZQZ has reported many times on confiscated cell phones at Hays State Prison in Chattooga County.  Now, Georgia’s attorney general is wanting to do something about the illegal cell phones that find their way into the state’s correctional facilities.

Attorney General Chris Carr says he has seen the problem first-hand, and he knows cell phones cause big issues when in the hands of those who are incarcerated.  Carr is working with Attorneys General across the country to do something about it.

“If we want to tackle the issue of crime within the corrections system, the federal government’s got to change the law to allow us to jam cell phones,” Carr said. “Our private sector partners have got to work with us so we can jam cell phones.”

Last year the Georgia Department of Corrections conducted 126 full-facility shakedowns. They found more than 8,000 cell phones during those searches.

Carr and more than 20 attorneys general from across the country are asking for a change in federal law that allows them to jam cell phone signals inside correctional institutions.