Drugs in jail - how?

[Huntsman]

Article here today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-413198...

How do drugs get into jails? Surely it can't be that hard to keep control of what goes in and out?

[Huntsman]

catso said:

mac96 said:

Lots of ways:
Staff bring them in
Thrown over walls/through wire
Visitors
Drones

No doubt others as well .

And all completely preventable, given the will...

Exactly my point. None of those things are a difficult problem to solve.

[Huntsman]

soad said:

Drones.

False roof overheard, plastic sheeting, wire mesh sides?

A drone can't drop a bag of naughty powder sideways through a wire mesh can it?

Ok, so the truth is I have absolutely no idea what challenges they face running a jail, however on the face of it, it seems to less secure than I would have thought.

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Ziplobb said:

I have a number of friends who work in the local jails here on the IOW - you would not believe what goes on. To anyone with a bit of common sense it should be easy to stop stuff geting in - after all the procedures and the buildings are designed to stop people from getting out. Its like the mobile phone thing - the easiest way to stop them been smuggled in is to 'jam' the service in the jail - reason they won't do that is that it can effect the service outside but here on the Isle of Wight there are several mobile blackspots and areas of unrealiability so is that any different ? A friend used to be train dogs and their handlers at Parkhurst - those dogs can find anything but there is no 'politcal' will do ensure that all visiotrs are subjected to a drug dog before they enter.

Coincidentally, I can see Isle of wight Prison from my desk at work, often wonder what's going on in there, but I don't plan to find out.

[Huntsman]

I heard about the rats on the news this morning, completely forgot I had started this thread.