New British law stipulates that prisoners will be prohibited from using mobile phones in prisons

In order to strengthen the implementation of the prohibition on the use of mobile phones in prisons, relevant departments will require communications companies to prohibit unauthorized communications equipment. This measure will implement legislation based on one of the serious crimes in laws and regulations. The bill will be read by members of the Second House of Commons on Monday.

Prison Minister, Andre said: "Although the previous series of security measures did not work but increased the illegal use of communication equipment, the introduction of this new policy is bound to increase the possibility of solving this problem. Once By blocking recognized mobile devices, we can further comfort the victims and prevent the development of criminal activities more quickly and on a larger scale than before."

This measure will mean that once an unauthorized mobile phone or SIM card is detected by a new generation of testing equipment, the authority of the prison can make a request to the court through normal procedures to request the communications company to disconnect the detected device. Mobile phone or SIM card. Judicial officials said that when the court issues an order, it does not need to prove that the user of the mobile phone or SIM card is a specific criminal.

Since 2007, the prohibition of the use of mobile devices in prisons has been included in the bill. Relevant departments have taken many different measures to strengthen the implementation of this regulation, including body searches, full body scans, borrowing of ultraviolet equipment, the use of metal detectors, and so on. According to judicial officials, a total of 7,451 mobile phones and SIM cards were detected in prisons in 2013. The Minister of Prisons stated that the illegal use of mobile phones in prisons may lead to violence and chaos, and may even allow serious organized criminal groups to continue their criminal activities, such as drug smuggling and a series of criminal activities.

In 2012, the ban on the use of mobile phones in prisons also included the signal jammer of mobile phones. However, long-term practice has proved that this measure is difficult to implement. Because in the process of implementing prison signal shielding, other buildings around the prison are often affected together.