GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY TO VISIT WESTERN MARYLAND

GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY TO VISIT WESTERN MARYLAND,
ATTEND NATION’S FIRST CELL PHONE JAMMING TEST AT FEDERAL PRISON
Governor will also Tour Local Business to promote Job Creation Tax Credit

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley will visit Western Maryland today, where he will attend the nation’s first-ever federally sanctioned test of cell phone jamming technology at a federal prison. Last year, Governor O’Malley and Senator Mikulski formally requested approval for the test from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Tomorrow, Governor O’Malley will visit the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, MD, where the Bureau of Prisons and the NTIA will conduct the first-ever sanctioned test of the jamming technology at a prison. Governor O’Malley and Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Gary Maynard will address media at the prison’s training facility following the visit.

Cell phone jamming technology will allow prisons to interrupt the signal of illegal cell phones that are potentially being used to orchestrate crimes from within the walls of the prison.

Later, Governor O’Malley will visit American Woodmark, a cabinet manufacturer in Cumberland that is expanding and adding jobs. The Governor will highlight the Job Creation and Recovery tax credit, part of the O’Malley-Brown Administration’s jobs agenda to fuel innovation and drive economic progress throughout Maryland.