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UK Prisons To Crack Down On Inmate Internet and Mobile Phone Use (thestack.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the who-you-gonna-call? dept.

An anonymous reader writes: UK prisons will roll out enhanced internet and mobile phone blocking technologies, according to new measures announced yesterday by Chancellor George Osborne in the Autumn Statement. The step, which seeks to stop inmate access to the internet and calls made from mobile devices, will involve part of a £1.3bn investment from the Ministry of Justice to improve the country's Prison Service. Through this strategy, the government hopes to drive "safety improvements" by denying calls and data used on illicit mobile devices. The latest development in blocking technologies promises to be better (paywalled) than earlier systems, which inmates have been able to get around.

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  1. Large smartphones by BlazingATrail · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they know how much of a pain in the ass it is to smuggle in the largest model iPhone?

  2. Ahh shit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This means I'm gonna hafta stop posing on Slashdot?