Security flaw at HMP Leicester contributed to ‘disturbing’ increase in illicit drugs and mobile phones
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Security flaw at HMP Leicester contributed to ‘disturbing’ increase in illicit drugs and mobile phones
Security flaw at HMP Leicester contributed to ‘disturbing’ increase in illicit drugs and mobile phones
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They carried out dozens of ‘drops’, delivering drugs, weapons and phones to inmates

Prisoners at HMP Hindley in Wigan have drugs delivered to cell windows in minutes by drones

Weight loss drugs, anabolic steroids, hair loss treatments as well as ‘bales of cannabis’ routinely flown into British prisons,…

There is a ‘dangerous culture of acceptance’ around substance misuse in prisons as almost four in 10 inmates admit it’s easy to…

The aircraft are being used now to deliver contraband directly to prisoners but the technology could be adapted for terrorism,…

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in ‘precarious state’ more than year after urgent notification