Senate Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Cellphones in Federal Prisons; Legislation Stalled in House
The Senate has unanimously passed S. 5284, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the growing threat of contraband cell phones in federal prisons. The legislation, introduced by Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), would elevate the charge of smuggling a contraband cellphone into a federal prison from a misdemeanor to a felony.
