Return to Contraband Wireless Devices
Public Notices
June 23, 2023
Public Notice (DA 23-547)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Approves Five Contraband Interdiction System Certification Applications
March 24, 2023
Public Notice (DA 23-224)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seeks Comment on Five Contraband Interdiction System Certification Applications
May 3, 2022
Public Notice (DA 22-475)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Begins Accepting Contraband Interdiction System Certification Applications and Designated Correctional Facility Official Requests
May 3, 2022
Public Notice (DA 22-474)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Effective Date for Certain Contraband Interdiction System Rules
December 17, 2021
Public Notice (DA 21-1572)
WTB Provides Guidance for Filing Contraband Interdiction System Certification Applications and Self-Certifications
July 28, 2020
Public Notice (DA 20-791)
WTB Seeks to Refresh Record on Contraband Wireless Devices in Prisons
Orders
March 24, 2023
Protective Order (DA 23-223)
Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities
July 13, 2021
2nd Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 21-82)
Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities
March 23, 2017
Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 17-25)
Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities
May 1, 2013
Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 13-58)
Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities
Miscellaneous
April 26, 2019
CTIA and the Association of State Correctional Administrators Task Force Report
- Contraband TF - Cover Letter
- Contraband TF - Status Report
- Contraband TF - Testbed Report (Att.A)
- Contraband TF - Att. B-D
March 23, 2017
FCC Acts to Promote Public Safety by Curbing Prison Inmates' Use of Contraband Wireless Devices
April 6, 2016
Commissioner Pai’s Field Hearing on Contraband Cellphones
Chairman Pai held a field hearing in Columbia, SC, hosted by then-Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley, to shed additional light on the public safety threat posed by inmates’ use of contraband cellphones, as well as steps the FCC can take to help law enforcement combat the problem.
April 6, 2016
Remarks of Commissioner Pai at the Field Hearing on Contraband Cellphones (Video)
Remarks of Commissioner Pai at the Field Hearing on Contraband Cellphones (Transcript)
Dec. 29, 2010
NTIA Report – Contraband Cell Phones in Prisons: Possible Wireless Technology Solutions
At Congress's direction, NTIA, in coordination with the FCC, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), identified and evaluated several technology solutions that can be used in a prison environment, including managed access and detection techniques. This report presents a comprehensive overview and evaluation of those technologies.
Sept 30, 2010
Workshop/Webinar on Contraband Cell Phone Use in Prisons
The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, in partnership with the National Institute of Justice and the Association of State Correctional Administrators, held a workshop/webinar to discuss methods for combating the use of contraband cell phones in prisons.