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.

This story is from the August 23, 2020 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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