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Inspector calls for mobile phone signals in prisons to be jammed

Published by Jon Land for Crimestoppers in Communities
Monday 23rd November 2009 - 12:22pm

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An inspector at the UK's largest prison has called for mobile phone signals in jails to be jammed to prevent inmates using banned forms of communication while behind bars.

David Jamieson, chairman of Wandsworth prison's Independent Monitoring Board, argues that blocking phones would prevent prisoners using them to organise crimes, bully inmates and trade drugs.

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