Seizures of mobile phones and drugs in Irish prisons increased by nearly 20% last year with the annual level of contraband uncovered by prison staff in the country’s jails having more than doubled in the space of five years.
New figures published by the Irish Prison Service show a total of 1,369 mobile phones were found in the country’s 12 prisons last year – up 19% on 2020 levels.
The annual number of mobile phones discovered in the prison network in 2021 is over twice the amount confiscated in 2016 when 648 devices were found.
