Brazil streamlines cellphone blocking in prisons
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The Brazilian government created a national program to speed up the blocking of illegally used cellphones inside prisons and established the National Registry of Penitentiary Security Perimeters.
Twelve days before elections, the government published a decree outlining the program, which requires states and municipalities to join and share information about their prisons with the new registry. The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) will use this information to plan, coordinate, and oversee the use of Radio Signal Blockers (BSR) by participating entities.
The decree specifies that authorities can block individual mobile devices, radio signals within prison perimeters, and other communication methods as the program develops. The Ministry of Justice and Public Security will launch a digital platform within 180 days to receive technical reports from states and the Federal District requesting communication blocks. During a transition period, authorities can continue using existing systems while adopting the new platform, which will automatically record all actions for auditing purposes.
Anatel will then act on these reports according to established timelines and cooperative agreements.
