Cook County Courts will prohibit cell phones & iPad like devises from court buildings

Watch for rows and rows of overpriced rental lockers popping up at 26th and California and other courthouses so visitors can store their cell phones...

And who will get the pay phone contract?

These courthouses will need numerous payphones now....

Public banned from bringing cell phones to criminal courthouses

In a move aimed at preventing gang members from intimidating witnesses and even potential jurors in criminal cases, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans announced the public will be banned from bringing everything from cell phones to iPads in to criminal courthouses.

Evans said in a prepared statement Tuesday that several judges who preside over court cases told him they were concerned “that people attending court proceedings were using their cell phones to photograph witnesses, judges, jurors, and prospective jurors. They also said persons appeared to be texting testimony to witnesses waiting their turn to testify outside the courtroom, while others were attempting to stream live to media comments by judges from the bench.”