Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 20759

Prisons: Mobile Phones

Tabled: 17 December 2024

Answered: 23 December 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in HMP (a) Maidstone, (b) Huntercombe and (c) Morton Hall have access to mobile phones.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Prisoners are not permitted to have mobile telephones, and stringent measures are in place to prevent the entry of mobile telephones into establishments.