Jan 14, 2025 07:47 PM
https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/14/dron...l-security
INTRO: The UK's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, has called for urgent action to tackle drones delivering drugs and guns to high security prisons.
Drones delivering weapons and drugs to two of the UK's highest security prisons have become a threat to national security, according to the British prisons watchdog.
The UK's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, said drones were regularly being used to smuggle guns, drugs and phones into HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin.
"It is highly alarming that the police and prison service have in effect ceded the airspace above two high-security prisons to organised crime gangs", Taylor said in a report released on Tuesday.
"[The gangs] are able to deliver contraband to jails holding extremely dangerous prisoners including some who have been designated as high-risk category", he added.
"The safety of staff, prisoners and ultimately that of the public is seriously compromised by the failure to tackle what has become a threat to national security."
Thriving illicit economies selling drugs, mobile phones and weapons were uncovered during probes carried out in September and October last year. Taylor warned that the increasingly large payloads amassed by inmates created a risk of serious disruption and potential escape... (MORE - details)
INTRO: The UK's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, has called for urgent action to tackle drones delivering drugs and guns to high security prisons.
Drones delivering weapons and drugs to two of the UK's highest security prisons have become a threat to national security, according to the British prisons watchdog.
The UK's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, said drones were regularly being used to smuggle guns, drugs and phones into HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin.
"It is highly alarming that the police and prison service have in effect ceded the airspace above two high-security prisons to organised crime gangs", Taylor said in a report released on Tuesday.
"[The gangs] are able to deliver contraband to jails holding extremely dangerous prisoners including some who have been designated as high-risk category", he added.
"The safety of staff, prisoners and ultimately that of the public is seriously compromised by the failure to tackle what has become a threat to national security."
Thriving illicit economies selling drugs, mobile phones and weapons were uncovered during probes carried out in September and October last year. Taylor warned that the increasingly large payloads amassed by inmates created a risk of serious disruption and potential escape... (MORE - details)