Criminals Break INTO Jails To Deliver Drugs
The Sunday Mirror|August 23, 2020
Pals drop off food in security crisis
Dan Warburton
Criminals Break INTO Jails To Deliver Drugs

Cash-strapped jails are facing a new crisis – people breaking IN.

In one case, a 13-year-old boy strolled into an open prison to deliver drugs.

Unions say security is so lax at other low-category sites that criminals drop off takeaway food to pals still inside.

The Prison Officers Association said Tory cuts had left some Category D jails with just three guards overnight.

The incidents came to light after one prisoner was battered by intruders at HMP Spring Hill, in Aylesbury, Bucks.

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