COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Federal Communications Commission will vote on a plan to let South Carolina prisons jam cellphone signals.

Attorney General Alan Wilson made the announcement Friday.

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Prisoners often use smuggled-in cellphones to plan illegal activities from behind bars.

It’s illegal for prisons to implement blanket cellphone jamming. However, South Carolina is using technology to detect and shut off phones’ access .

The FCC proposal would allow true jamming.

“I want to thank Chairman Carr of the Federal Communications Commission for his support to finally tackle the contraband cell phone crisis in ou

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