As Georgia spends millions to block contraband phones, a new reform proposal asks whether tightly controlled, authorized devices could improve public safety and keep incarcerated people connected to their families.
GEORGIA | October 13, 2026
Georgia has spent years fighting contraband cellphones inside its prisons. The devices continue to enter facilities, sometimes carried by corrupt employees, sometimes delivered by drones, and sometimes used to commit crimes against people hundreds of miles away.
An incarcerated writer describes restricted toilet flushing in Pennsylvania. The unanswered question is where similar rules operate and how health is protected.
