So-called 'unhackable' mobile phones given to prisoners in Scotland during lockdown by the Scottish Government at a cost of £3 million are now being used for drug deals and other criminal activity, ITV News has learned.
During lockdown when prison visits were restricted, 7,600 inmates in Scotland were issued with their own mobile phone by the Scottish government.
But these supposedly tamper-proof phones were almost immediately hacked by inmates, and, according to the Scottish Prison Service, 728 have been found since August 2020 to operate with illegal SIM cards, used for drug deals and other criminal activity.
In this extended report, ITV News Scotland Correspondent has been given exclusive access to Scotland's largest prison, Barlinnie, where addiction is described as "worse than ever before", to see how the prison is trying new methods to break the cycle of addiction among inmates.
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26 сен 2024
