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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Unscrupulous prison officers in Jamaica have reportedly been sabotaging replacement wireless jammer units in an apparent effort to continue smuggling cell phones to prisoners following a breakdown of a $8.5 million cellular phone signal jammer. The Jamaica Observer reported over the weekend that that the expensive jammer placed at the Correctional Centre was rendered useless less than three years after its installation. The small jammer's replacement is about half the size of a standard briefcase and covers a significantly smaller area than the larger machine, its effectiveness is therefore hampered, as its signal "can be shielded due to the configuration of the building and the type of construction," a source disclosed to the Observer. Last week, a prison official revealed that the machines were installed only at the Tower Street and Horizon adult correctional centres, and that their weaknesses led to "live spots" inside the prisons from which inmates can make "illegal" calls. In recent months, at least three people have been killed after "hits" were reportedly ordered from behind bars, police said. Reports indicate that the practice is most predominant in sections of the Corporate Area, St Catherine and Clarendon areas. During the past months hundreds of cell phones have been seized from inmates.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaican # prison offi...News Now )...</span>
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Unscrupulous prison officers in Jamaica have reportedly been sabotaging replacement wireless jammer units in an apparent effort to continue smuggling cell phones to prisoners following a breakdown of a $8.5 million cellular phone signal jammer. The Jamaica Observer reported over the weekend that that the expensive jammer placed at the Correctional Centre was rendered useless less than three years after its installation. The small jammer's replacement is about half the size of a standard briefcase and covers a significantly smaller area than the larger machine, its effectiveness is therefore hampered, as its signal "can be shielded due to the configuration of the building and the type of construction," a source disclosed to the Observer. Last week, a prison official revealed that the machines were installed only at the Tower Street and Horizon adult correctional centres, and that their weaknesses led to "live spots" inside the prisons from which inmates can make "illegal" calls. In recent months, at least three people have been killed after "hits" were reportedly ordered from behind bars, police said. Reports indicate that the practice is most predominant in sections of the Corporate Area, St Catherine and Clarendon areas. During the past months hundreds of cell phones have been seized from inmates.