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Baja authorities install technology to block jail inmate’s communication

BajaNews - 8-5-2011 at 08:30 PM

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TIJUANA, MEXICO – The Baja State Public Safety Secreriat announced Thursday the installation of technology at one of the main Jails in Tijuana that will inhibit inmate’s from make phone calls using mobile phones from within the prison.

The 2 million dollar investment made for the installation of 23 celular and radio frequency inhibitors posible.

But the inhibitors will not only not allow inmates to make outgoing cellphone calls from the jail, but all employees and visitors.

The cell phone and radio frequency inhibitors will not affect people’s devices in the surrounding vecinity of the La Mesa Jail in Tijuana.

The La Mesa Penitentiary in Tijuana is the first ever jail in Mexico to install such technology.