Governor: Phone security decreases jail violence

By Nick Tabor

Published February 7, 2014 10:00pm ET

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Governor: Phone security decreases jail violence — FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013 file photo, a corrections officer works at a security post at Baltimore City Detention Center in Baltimore. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley planned to unveil a new cellphone security system Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at the Baltimore City Detention Center. The technology automatically blocks calls from all cellphones inside the building, except a small number of phones assigned to employees. It also allows any phone to call 911. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File) | Steve Ruark

BALTIMORE (AP) — Gov. Martin O’Malley described the new cellphone screening system in the Baltimore City Detention Center as the state’s latest step in a never-ending process: keeping pace with technology inmates use to continue criminal activities behind bars.

Violent gangs tend to innovate faster than law enforcement, O’Malley said at a news conference Friday.

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