A woman has been jailed after she was caught smuggling drugs worth thousands of pounds into HMP Berwyn, the largest prison in England and Wales and the 2nd largest in Europe. Berwyn prison opened in February 2017 and is a smoke-free closed rehabilitation establishment which holds 2,106 category C men. The woman was intercepted by … More Prison Visitor Jailed for Smuggling Drugs into HMP Berwyn
The HM Prison and Probation Service in the UK has just published their long-awaited report into what drives the demand for illicit mobile phones by prisoners, with the hope to potentially identify effective ways of preventing their use. The results of this report starkly highlight the differing views of the Security Staff within the … More The Stark Reality of Phones in Prisons
Devon’s crime czar has backed calls to crack down on drugs in prisons by introducing airport-style security and mobile phone jamming. Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez said she wanted to see more thorough searches and body scanners introduced at HMP Exeter, Channings Wood and Dartmoor, so inmates had the best chance of getting clean … More Calls For Drug Scanners to be Introduced in Devon’s Prisons
