Gangs are increasingly using drones to deliver contraband to inmates, as a report found the government and prison service are too slow to respond to the rapidly changing threats of illicit drugs entering jails.
Prison governors have told the UK’s independent public spending watchdog that they do not have the resources to keep up with security demands, despite HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) spending only 75 per cent of its £100 million security investment programme budget between 2019-2020 and 2021-2022.
