New powers to cut off illicit mobile phones used in prisons
by Alan Travis Home affairs editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#1Q44C)
Jails in England and Wales can seek orders requiring mobile network operators to blacklist handsets and disconnect sim cards
New powers to cut off illicit mobile phones used by prisoners to run criminal operations have been introduced in jails across England and Wales.
The use of mobile phones by prisoners has long been banned but enforcement measures have so far proved ineffective, with more than 15,000 mobile phones and sim cards recovered in jails last year.
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