Cell-phone sniffer will search Florida prisons

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Her name is Razor and she has a nose for Nokias.

Department of Corrections officials say they're counting on Razor the dog to help sniff out contraband cell phones in Florida prisons.

Razor will demonstrate her talents Tuesday. When she officially joins the corrections department in November, she'll help enforce a law that went into effect Oct. 1 and makes having a cell phone in prison illegal.

Get caught with a phone, and an inmate faces up to five additional years in prison and a fine of $5,000. Officials say inmates have used cell phones to coordinate escape attempts, harass victims and arrange drug deals in and outside of prison. In the past year, officials found approximately 340 cell phones in Florida prisons.