Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 25394
Prisons: Mobile Phones
Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government has taken to block mobile phone signals for contraband mobile phones held by prisoners across the prison estate.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinHM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to tackling the threat posed by illicit mobile telephones. It has a wide-ranging programme in place to prevent them from entering prisons, to detect and disrupt their use, and to investigate cases whe...
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