Currently, the Department of Corrections dogs rotate to each of its facilities, but officials hope to have a cell-phone-detection dog at each state prison by the end of next year, Pendergast said.

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For most, a cell phone is an innocuous device, but in the hands of a prisoner, it can be dangerous. The state has enlisted a four-legged detective to sniff out the problem. There have been reports ...

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