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Committee hears that drones and smuggled phones remain a growing threat to Georgia prisons
Summary
GDC described layered technology (managed-access phone systems, drone detection, canine and forensic teams) and legal limits on mitigation; local counties bear costs when civilians are arrested — GDC asked for analyst positions and federal mitigation authority to reduce drone drops and illicit phones.
Members of the House appropriations subcommittee focused intense questioning on contraband: how cell phones and drones reach inmates, who pays when civilians are arrested, and what the state can do within federal law.
GDC officials described an array of anti-contraband investments already in place: managed-access systems that identify and, in coordination with carriers, have resulted in thousands of phones being disabled; 23–25 drone-detection systems being installed across facilities; expanded canine deployments and a…
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