The UK's Prison Service is facing increasing challenges from drone use and criminal gang influence within its facilities. The chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, raised alarms about the loss of airspace control above two category A jails, while Prisons Minister James Timpson acknowledged the threat posed by drones and the need to address the corruption of some prison officers by gangs.
The chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, accused the police and prison service of ceding control of the airspace above HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire.The chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, accused the police and prison service of ceding control of the airspace above HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire.
The disclosures follow deepening concern that criminal gangs are taking control of prisons across England and Wales. Asked if he agreed with Taylor’s claim that drones are “a threat to national security”, Timpson said: “Yes. It has been a serious problem for some time. It is very connected with serious organised crime. That means it is very connected with drugs. That means it is very connected with debt. That means it is very connected with violence.”
“If you and I are sent to prison today and we are put a cell together, that cell may have a debt on it that wasn’t paid, and we both have to pay off that debt. There are some people who are taking advantage of very vulnerable people at the lowest point in their lives,” he said.Some of the reasons for these dismissals include sex acts and other inappropriate behaviour with inmates, as well as selling drugs and phones.
An internal HMPPS counter-corruption unit has been employed to “deter, detect and disrupt” prison staff who work with organised crime groups.
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