Round three,000 cell phones have been seized by jail officers in England and Wales in simply 12 weeks.
The gadgets have been found after various operations in jails between June and August 2016.
Throughout the identical searches, an additional 2,000 SIM and reminiscence playing cards have been discovered, reviews Tom Wells at The Solar on Sunday.
And it appears it is not simply cell phones we're being smuggled into prisons throughout the nation.
Round three,000 cell phones have been seized by jail officers in England and Wales in simply 12 weeks (inventory picture)
Throughout the identical three-month interval, medicine weighing eight.5 stone have been discovered, whereas 90 incidents involving drones have been reported.
The incidents involving the brand new and more and more standard gadgets included some being flown over the prisons with a view to drop banned substances over the partitions.
Lord Marks, Lib Dem justice spokesman, informed the paper that the prisons have been 'careening uncontrolled'.
He stated: 'Rising inmate numbers are straining amenities and overworked workers.'
The gadgets have been found after various operations in jails between June and August 2016 (inventory picture)
The Jail Service warned that inmates caught smuggling objects into jail may face sentences of as much as two years.
The revelation comes after a bag which contained £28,000 price of cell phones and sophistication A medication was discovered near Guys Marsh Jail close to Shaftesbury, Dorset.
No arrests have been made however police are investigating.
The bag was present in November, however the discovery solely got here to gentle on Saturday.
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