COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - For decades, South Carolina officials have been working to shut down contraband cell phones inside the state's prisons.

U.S. District of Attorney for South Carolina Bryan Stirling has said inmates are using illegal phones to commit crimes, traffic drugs, even communicate with cartels.

Now, the Federal Communications Commission, led by Trump appointed Chairman Brendan Carr, announced last week that they will vote later this month to let states jam cell phone signals.

"I was very excited when he was appointed, in January of 2025, because he knew this issue and I knew he was passionate about it. I didn't know that he was going to do this. I was frankly stunned and happily, so," said Stirling, who is one of the faces who has been pushing for this for over a decade.

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