P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1633
In order to implement the public policy and provisions of this chapter, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Administrations attached thereto shall design and implement strategies to detect, track, and deactivate unauthorized cellular or telecommunications equipment inside such facilities, their grounds, and immediate perimeter. To such effect, the Department and the Administrations attached thereto shall have the power to enter into collaborative agreements with state or Federal public entities, academic institutions, professional organizations, and for-profit or non-profit private entities to evaluate proposals, pilot plans, designs and implementations, acquisition and installation, and the procurement of available resources from any source for said type of project.
The Department and the Administrations attached thereto are hereby authorized to take any necessary steps in state and Federal communications regulatory entities in order to discuss applicability under the laws and regulations in effect and, if allowed, to design or initiate experiments, feasibility studies, or pilot programs for the installation of a cellular signal blocking or jamming system inside the structures or perimeters of one or more facilities to the extent allowed by the laws and regulations in effect or approved in the future.
History —Feb. 18, 2011, No. 15, § 3.