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Prisons: Mobile Phones

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 23 December 2024UIN 20759

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in HMP (a) Maidstone, (b) Huntercombe and (c) Morton Hall have access to mobile phones.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Prisoners are not permitted to have mobile telephones, and stringent measures are in place to prevent the entry of mobile telephones into establishments.

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