Push to prohibit school cell phone use

Cell phones undermine the ability of schools to establish a safe and orderly learning environment

Experiment to use cell phones in high school

High School student files complaint over cell phone use in bathrooms

Guilty conscience not enough to dissuade college students from texting during class

Cell phones: a world of woes for principals

New policy permits cell phone use during lunch

National School Safety and Security Services opposes cell phones in schools

The case against cell phones in schools

Cell phones are everywhere except classrooms

Professors Would Be Shocked at the Number of Texts Sent During Class

Students Fined For Using Cell Phones

Schools struggle with cell phone policies

Back to school, cell phone or no

Social Media in schools

Student behavior at struggling schools

Texting during class – everyone does it

Who’s That Texting Your Kids in Class 66% of the Time? Parents

students may possess cell phones during the school day, but they must be concealed and turned off

Student cell phone usage discussed by School Board

Mobile Phone Use in School: Problems & Solutions

10 Disadvantages to Allowing Kids to Have Cell Phones in Schools

Students are addicted to their cell phones

Study shows high volumes of students texting during class

School cell phone bullying on the rise

Smuggled mobile phones may be the most dangerous weapons a prison inmate can have

Smartphones: Contraband communication on steroids

CA prison guards confiscated 11,000 contraband cell phones last year

Charles Manson caught with second smuggled mobile phone

Shut down at Mexico prison

Jailed terrorist free to groom more terrorists with mobile phone

Security inspection ignites Roumieh prison violence

Inmate gets 7 years for scheme to smuggle cell phones into Newark prison

Cell phone jammers being installed in Arab prisons

Facebook deletes prisoner pages, where inmates conduct criminal activity

Bloods gang leader runs operation from prison via smuggled cell phone

Prison officials target cellphones

Inmate runs multi-million dollar credit card scam

Prison guard charged with smuggling drugs and cell phones into prison

Smuggling cell phones into New Zealand’s maximum-security prison is easy

Surkhet Jail inmates managed escape using smuggled cell phones

Extremists in Indonesian jails can get mobile phones to contact peers and coordinate attacks

Denied parole because of smuggled cellphone

DC corrections officer pleads guilty to smuggling cell phones

Asia’s largest prison requires 80 jammers, yet is equipped with only nine

Jakarta Post reports serious problems with smuggled cell phones

Costa Rica prison police seize cell phones during prison raid

Texas prisons can’t stop cell phones from getting in

When Texting Kills, Britain Offers Path to Prison

Whirling Dervish Drivers

Texting while driving ‘more dangerous than drugs or alcohol’

Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks

Adults Text While Driving Too! – Pew Research Center

The Risks of Texting While Driving – Multitaskers Beware – Oprah.com

Doubts About Scare Tactics on Drivers Who Text

Why Texting While Driving is So Dangerous – University of Utah

Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone Risks

At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is High Risk

The Truth About Cars and Cellphones

Texting while driving ‘more dangerous than drugs or alcohol’

Texting While Driving Common Among Adults, Says Study

Texting to Death

Texting While Driving Study Shows Teens Not The Worst Culprits

Utah Gets Tough With Texting Drivers

Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Dashboard

Texting Raises Crash Risk 23 Times, Study Finds

Texting while driving is more dangerous than drink-driving

Texting While Driving: How Dangerous is it?

Study: Teens don’t think texting while driving is as dangerous as DUI

Texting and Driving Is Growing American Killer, Study Reports

“Cell phone interruptions has become such a problem in theaters that the original Please refrain from talking during the movie slides that used to be shown before a film have now been replaced with “Please silence your cell phone.”

In-theater texting and cell-phone ringing: A modest proposal
IBJ – by Lou Harry’s A&E

“Unfortunately, reports of cell phone ringing in theaters continues. And texting continues to be a source of frustration for those of us who actually want to focus on what’s happening on stage. My question: Will anything work?”

Cell Phones in Movie Theaters
Cell-Phone-Plans.net

“The National Association of Theater Operators requested permission from Congress to allow them to block cell transmissions in theaters during show times, something that is against federal FCC regulations.”

“Recently when my wife, Kathleen, and I attended a wedding, a member of the audience refused to take off his wireless Bluetooth earpiece. I wondered what phone call could be so important that he couldn’t even take off his earpiece for the bride’s entrance.”

People Flaunt The Royal Wedding Cell Phone Ban
The Atlantic Wire by Ray Gustini

When the British Royal Family took the step of installing “signal-blocking technology” in Westminster Abbey this week, TV networks supported the decision, because they wanted to avoid what The Daily Mail called “unfortunate sightings of guests on their phones.” So far it doesn’t seem to be working.

Turn the other ear – Cell Phones in Worship
The Washington Post – Thomas Grant

“I am a parishioner at a Catholic Church in Rockville, Md. But there is one problem that occurs at almost every one of his Masses – a cell phone goes off in the middle of the service.”

“Many hospitals have installed wireless networks for equipment networking. The black antenna sticking out of the top of the monitor connects it back to the nursing station via a wireless network. If you use your cell phone and it creates interference, it can disrupt the transmissions between different pieces of equipment.”

Hospitals Nationwide Combat Employee Camera-Phone Abuse
Wired by Randy Dotinga

“I think all hospitals in the United States are going to have to deal with (camera-phone use), said Suellyn Ellerbe, chief executive officer of Tri-City Medical Center. In response to the problems, hospital administrators have banned staff from using cell phones in clinical areas, and all cell phones are forbidden in the convalescent unit.”

“a safety concern that bedevils courts throughout the nation, cell phones were used to photograph defendants, a prosecutor and Krause himself. What concerns me are the photographs of jurors, and potential witness intimidation,” Superior Court Judge Robert D. Krause said. It’s a dilemma faced by courts throughout the country.”

Web enabled phones sowing mistrials in court rooms
The New York Times by JOHN SCHWARTZ 3-17-2009

“But when the judge questioned the rest of the jury, he got an even bigger shock. Eight other jurors had been doing the same thing. The federal judge, William J. Zloch, had no choice but to declare a mistrial, a waste of eight weeks of work by federal prosecutors and defense lawyers.”

Cellphones to be prohibited in courtrooms
Marshall News by Robin Y. Richardson 

“But while cell phones may rule many aspects of daily life, the technological devices seldom have their way in the courtroom.  Many courts have cracked down on the use of cell phones by prohibiting jurors from possessing them during deliberation.”

“A new study is sounding the alarm when it comes to the link between cell phones and plane interference. ”

Confidential Report (with Video)- Is It Really Safe to Use a Cellphone on a Plane?
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer & Brian Ross

“you probably have serious doubts about those pre-flight announcements asking you to turn off your cellphones, blackberries, iPods and anything else electronic. The announcements are flat-out ignored by many frequent fliers. But a confidential industry study obtained by ABC News indicates there really could be serious safety issues related to cellphones and other PEDs.”

Boeing Website: Interference from electronic devices

“Operators of commercial airplanes have reported numerous cases of portable electronic devices affecting airplane systems during flight.”

“Despite a variety of support and opposition on each side of this issue, the bottom line may simply be that cell phones are a technology that is not going away any time soon, and schools need to decide the best way to handle them: embracing the technology, banning cell phones entirely, or something in between.”

Push to prohibit school cellphone use
WPRI eyewitness news

“Educators question how a ban would be enforced, and whether they’re waging a battle against technology they can’t win.”

Cellphone policy will pose issues
Editorial

“Innovation and creativity should be encouraged, especially in our schools and our children must exceed standards on new technology to keep pace with this diverse global society.”

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