How Drugs and Mobile Phones Get Into British Prisons | Investigators 

Anytime you have a law that makes it a crime to whistleblow on corruption you're guaranteed to find a corrupt system from top to bottom.

Kinda funny how I'm up in the cellblock watching this. 😂

Great documentary. When I need a new mobile phone I shall get it from Brixton Prison!

wow. There are actual journalists on buzzfeed? I hope these two get work on credible news organisation. Good investigating journalism!

I mean of course he's an investigative journalist, his last name is Holmes 😄

Every time people hear about officers being corrupt or doing something corrupt someone always tries to inform us that it isn’t all of them.

When he said buzzfeed news i spit my coffee out laughing😂

what's weird is if you just pay people for the job they are doing they probably wont look for a side hustle. I should really be on the side of the criminals, im a weed smoking hippy skater boy, but i can't help but think these guards will be paid quite poorly to recieve abuse at work every day, if it was me id defo take up this chance of some extra income and to make the people i'm guarding like me a bit more

"How Drugs and Mobile Phones Get Into British Prisons" Bent over, and I'll show you

Staff.. COs. The warden. Even state prisons that pay well, example, California's CDCR, officers six figures and can retire after 25 years. There is still massive corruption.

Buzzfeed showing a level of quality journalism that is unheard of in their company.

I have friends who didn't touch a drug before prison and left full blown addicts

"Several reports of officers even bringing in weapons and ammunition"... in the UK? In prison? Riiiiiight. That must explain that spate of shootings they had in prison.

Raise the pay of these guards by £12,000 so that they can make a livable wage and are more resistant to corruption. Pay people what they’re worth.

There is a theory circulating that it all has something to do with high rates of depression in general population and ridiculously low price of body lubricants...

Tobacco now banned is just as lucrative

It’s not only in prisons. Corruption is in all parts of the government.. politicians, police officers...

Her: I'm an editor and investigative reporter Job interviewer: 😯 Her: at Buzzfeed news. Job interviewer:😂😂

Give a person power, they will use it, give a child a toy, they’ll play with it

Being in a low paid job should not make you corrupt, what about NHS workers who are paid far less than Prison officers.

Wow! I hope there are measures in place to help them through rehabilitation, that is the most humane thing to focus on. Bless!

And why is this woman smiling while talking about a serious subject? And she tells it like a 5 year-old that saw someone steal a cookie from the cookie jar.

I've recently been obsessed with investigative podcasts. I had no idea how many topics are exposed through real journalism.

sometimes vice bats it out the fucking park. well played

"In jail i made the screws bring me flick knives" says it all

What's the scale up of reported corruption incident (in this case 7,000) vs actual corruption incidents. I went for double but I imagine it could be quadrupled.

If I were a prisoner, I wouldn’t mind drugs coming in 😳😳😳

The screws are the worst for it

Bravo Buzzfeed. 👏 Thank you VICE. 👍

I love how the whole problem is blamed on the prisoners. The prisoners “intimated”, “groomed”, or “manipulated” them. How about the blame being put on the officers who decided to knowingly and deliberately BREAK THE LAW for personal gain.

Been in hmp altcourse and everyone of them is bent in one way or another

Phones and drugs should be allowed in prisons... we should be making prisons more tolerable not less, it’s already medieval in there how much worse do you want it to be for humans?

The UK is human-friendly, didn't know that it's this friendly! I now understand why many ppl flee from other countries to the UK when they find themselves are under scrutiny by their governments...

Man This Sounds More LIKE AFTER COVID BOARD EXAM CENTER Investigation.. LOL

I mean people are abusing drugs while in prison because it's not like Norway. A study has shown in Australia Long bay prison (and most NSW prisons) people will abuse drugs while inside, there is sexual and physical abuse and when they get out they'll just re offend because why? You don't rehabilitate them with therpy and skills you instead treat them as inhumane as possible. I see this in Australia, UK and the US.

Standard stuff...I've been to jail twice and was high pretty much constantly

Absolutely shocking

Is no-one talking about the fact this guys name is Holmes? Mr.Holmes??

This happens in all prisons in the world. 🥸

Holmes is a very fitting name for an investigative reporter

This is EVERY prison EVERYWHERE!

This is terrifying!

Nice one Mr. Holmes

inmates dont need to corrupt prison officers their allready crrupted thir never stamp out the problem becuase the issue runs far to deep

God forbid prisoners are able to have a connection with the outside world 😱

Rectums. That is the only answer. Extra safe... 5:44

Lol I kinda thought they gave them the cellphones for free on mandate 😂🤣😅🤔😆😬 so many jail freestyles

30.000 a year is not much when you work at the prison

Oh wow, its so weird, criminal activity in a facility filled with criminals? Oh my god, never expected that.

Man why do they put scary music in the background to put me on edge i wanna watch it at night

I had heard about it but didnt believe it until now

Good job....

The 'insider's' taped voice sounds very like the Asian looking prison officer in a bbc documentary about training rookie officers cant remember name but it was a pretty popular one.

lmfao I love how subtitles were automatically turned on for the Brits

I know when I was in the clinker, 12 years total, there were plenty of drugs brought in, everything from Suboxone to meth, marijuana to cocaine, and tobacco to spice or K2. Cell phones were normal in every level camp, that cost the buyer from $250-1500

Corruption in the British government is not only in the prisons but also, the parliament, the local councils, I'm a Devonian separatist now because of what has been going on

It's not the story but prisons have been an absolute petri dish in the coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of prisoners getting sick despite brutal lockdown conditions. The government has failed again and again when it comes to managing prisoners

Flipping heck, Brixton McDonalds is a hotspot!

Prisoners are people too.

How much is a new iPhone contract from Carphone Warehouse......, I mean Brixton Prison.

Dude on the left looks like the joker of Ledger

I dont see a problem with drugs in Prisons. The way we stick them in inhumane conditions it is not a big surprise that there are a lot, somehow they have to pass the time too

He looks like Heath Ledger

It's even more complex/funnier/sadder than this IRL. Guard "A" brings in some drugs. He sells the drugs to one of his "Trustees" at a big mark-up on street cost because 100 quid on the streets is 500 quid worth "inside". who then sells them to another "mug" prisoner who is not in on the game at an even huger mark-up. Let's call the mug Prisoner B.... That done, Guard A's colleagues immediately raid Prisoner B's cell & "confiscate" the drugs all "official" like... Prisoner B is now worried that he will face further charges for posession - which he might if the authorities want to nail him for whatever reason - but chances are he will just get "a warning" as charging officially would kinda mess with the scam/bring up awkward questions - so he worried for nothing.. and no way is he complaining to anyone. The drugs go back to Guard A or one of his Pals. There may be some "shrinkage" as some got used/lost, blah blah, but the mark up is so high, nobody cares. The gear goes back to either the Trustee or another Trustee, who then sells them to another "mug" prisoner, who also gets busted first thing next morning. That, children, is how a 100 quid street deal becomes thousands of quid once the cycle has been repeated a few times - that 100 quid deal might get sold 10 or more times before a fresh batch at 100 quid is required due to "shrinkage".. so Guard A makes 5000 quid from spending 100 quid & some time - which gets divvied up between "The Lads" who help - who are all also bringing in their own 100 quids worth and playing the same game - whereby we are suddenly at an absolute fcuk-tonne of cash being generated per month for an expenditure of peanuts. Too much to resist the temptation. How does anyone get paid when "theoretically" nobody in prison has actual cash? Well, that's easy too - it's all done on-line. A Pal outside deposits funds, get a code - that code gets sent to the Trustee, they give the code to Guard A & Guard A can access the cash outside the prison whenever they like on any high-street anonymously. . You go Google that - it's a "Thing", I'm betting..... Prison "Economies" rival any semi-developed small country - they are economies within economies. A mobile that can be bought for 30 quid outside is worth 1200 inside - loads will gladly pay.. Those prison walls are just effectively a "border" - everything inside that "border" is insanely expensive & scarce - and as with every border where there is a price-difference on either side, you will have smugglers who work across those borders. In the case of prisons, the price difference is gigantic - so the temptation is too high to resist. Plus all your colleagues are in on it, so the risk is minimal to non-existent - the rewards are immense. Plus there is an endless supply of new "mugs" supplied by "The System" who do so love sending people to jail. The cash flows up (think on that.....) - into the multi-millions - it's a Club, & You ain't in it. Guard A has to keep the guys above him happy so he doesn't get raided/the boot - he kicks back to them... they kick back to their Boss & he kicks back to someone higher.. Whenever you hear of some Official getting busted - they didn't kick back higher, so they get "Explained better" to by the Powers that be. You keeping up? :-) It goes right to the top & the sums involved are eye-watering. Simple but complex. Welcome to awareness of the actual "System" we live under..How people get to be in Prison is another whole "System" in itself that is also worth endless millions - as is the actual prison itself. It's a Gigantic Business, "The Law" - beyond comprehension as to the value - which is why your nightly "News" is so focussed on "crime" - except the criminals you see on the news are just the mugs - the real crime is the System itself. Complex.

"I'll make you an offer you can't refuse" it always works.

Theres 1000's of methods. My cellmate personally used a hollow cut out dry bread method..

Wow. Amazing

"prison pocket, suitcase, fanny pack ect"

Oh Boy too many lessons learned from the Colonies!

I'm sure this has a lot to do with the staff being private contractors you get what you pay for

Ahhhhh, we don't need a video to tell us this. It happens the same way in the UK that it happens everywhere else in the world: contraband is smuggled in by visitors and guards. Any questions? Good. Don't need a 9:32 video.

The mans name is Holmes!

Why talk about how they received the information instead of just getting to the details?

shame about the dodgy audio levels, but interesting nonetheless

Am I the only one who read it as 'how drugs and phones get into british persons'

Not only in Uk, come in Brazil to see

LOL I thought that was Heath Ledger

Honestly some of the scummiest people I met worked in the prison service.

OHIO private prisons are the same way, I was just released from one. PRIVATE prisons will always be this way

If MP's had an ounce of real leadership, they would all take a pay cut, & spread it among the police force's salaries..

"Is all tha world jails and churches?" - Rage Against The Machine

Actually used to buy 100s of phones to sneak into prisons

They put inside a biscuit with sausage and beans. No way a real English man can't do that.

Dodgy prison guards it goes to informants

Also that guys really gullible if he thinks prisions were built for rehabilitation. People arguably can't be rehabilitated whilst separated from society.

That awkward moment when the same thing happens in the U.S.

So much for AC12... Get on it Steve

Ngl this dude look like James Franco the actor lmaoooo🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

what does he mean bringing in ammunition?

I’m out of here in 23 more months. Using phones in here has never been hard. People have been on them checking their Instagram since the beginning of Instagram. *Long live the ghost* of *_D block_*

The authorities know that drugs are needed in prison as the population is easier to manage drugged up

Phones and drugs smell like 💩.

once percent corrupt, 99 percent looking the other way

I swear, that UK accent! lol. I must’ve overdone it a bit with the BBC marathon binge watching session of “Peep Show”... Occasionally, there are times when some of the narrators seem to me to sound eerily similar to Jez or Super Hans (strictly on the basis of voice tone tho.. as soon as the _words_ are comprehended however, the illusion becomes immediately apparent & implodes in a nano-instant..

I've been in jail myself, not for a long time tho, just a couple months and it was the same scenario there. I feel it would be really hard to pass the jail time without such stuff, I know drugs are bad and life ruining and cell phones shouldn't be in a jail but try passing your time in a jail knowing you have years or even decades ahead to rot in there. I went mad and depressed within a month. Can't imaging how people cope with it knowing they have a long time to rot in there.

Man, in American jail you have to use your prison wallet, that or get in the pants of the bird guard.

Who write these reports? Like seriously though I really want to know.

the audio balance in this video is terrible

I think that people in many other countries should feel a lot less stigmatised to see that even in the high and mighty first world UK...people are just people.

Thats EVERY PRISON!