{"462191":{"#nid":"462191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Feds Come to Georgia to Talk Cell Phones in Prisons","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA member of the Federal Communications Commission wants to address contraband cell phones in prisons, and cell phone jammers have been suggested as one solution. The problem is a national one, but in Georgia prisons alone, 8,305 contraband cellphones have been seized in 2015, either from inmates or from people trying to smuggle them in. Georgia Tech \u003Cstrong\u003EResearch Engineer Chuck Bokath\u003C\/strong\u003E explains why jammers may not be the right solution because they indiscrimately block call access for anyone inside the prisons.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/local\/story\/2015\/oct\/16\/8000-contraband-cellphones-seized-georgia-prisons-just-year\/330917\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead more in TimesFreePress.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECell phone jammers have been suggested as one solution to contraband phones inside prisons across the United States. Georgia Tech\u0027s Chuck Bokath explains why jammers actually could hinder prison safety.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Chuck Bokath explains why cell phone jammers could hinder safety in prisons."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2015-10-25 10:49:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:51","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"462181":{"id":"462181","type":"image","title":"Contraband Phones | Photo by Associated Press","body":null,"created":"1449256373","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:53","changed":"1475895206","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:26","alt":"Contraband Phones | Photo by Associated Press","file":{"fid":"203630","name":"prisoncellphones_ap.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/prisoncellphones_ap_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/prisoncellphones_ap_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":102351,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/prisoncellphones_ap_0.jpg?itok=NPy2tl_z"}}},"media_ids":["462181"],"groups":[{"id":"430601","name":"Institute for Information Security and Privacy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"862","name":"Cell Phones"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETara La Bouff\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.769.5408\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tara.labouff@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}