Babies are being used to smuggle drugs in to prisons, experts warn

Prisons minister Lord Timpson said the use of drugs in jails needs to be seen as a public health problem - (Getty/iStock)

Contraband, such as drugs and phones, is being brought in to prisons in children’s nappies and through the use of ‘drone drops’ by criminal gangs, MPs have been told.

This came as prisons minister Lord Timpson called for the use of drugs in UK jails to be treated as a public health issue, following the deaths of 17 inmates at Parc prison in South Wales.