The Efficacy of Managed Access Systems to Intercept Calls from Contraband Cell Phones in California Prisons
Publication year:
2012
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 06, 2013
ANNOTATION: The use of technology, in particular Managed Access Systems, to prevent the use of contraband cell phones in California’s prisons is examined. This report contains sections about: key report findings; recommendations; legislative request; project approach; statement of problem; legal and regulatory; overview of contraband cell phone and wireless technology; stopping illicit cell phone use in prisons; what is happening nationally and in other states; review of Managed Access System (MAS) technology; limitations of MAS technology; whether California can develop a successful MAS model; benefits of a robust pilot project; and third party consortium oversight. The “Managed Assess System (MAS) technology of today is not mature enough for immediate large-scale deployments such as that proposed … at California’s 33 state prisons” (p. 6).
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