There could soon be new technology that would jam cellphone signals in prisons.
Officials say cell signals need to be blocked behind prison walls to help put a stop to contraband smuggling.
State leaders plan to present a study to corrections officials across the United States.
Cellphones smuggled into the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina were blamed for a deadly riot that lasted seven hours last spring. Seven inmates were killed in the chaos.
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They will ultimately decide if the plan is worth spending millions of taxpayers' dollars on.
[ [READ MORE: Prison chief says inmate riot was over money, territory, contraband] ]
Another security measure already in place to fight contraband are the use of drones.
In May, South Carolina officials started flying drones 24 hours a day from prison to prison, monitoring what people outside of the prison are doing.
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