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Prison Crisis: Inside a UK prison ‘overrun by drugs’
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July 8, 2025
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11:46Now PlayingDrugs and organised crime have such a grip on many prisons that they’re undermining every aspect of life inside, damaging work to reduce reoffending and protect the public. That’s the stark message today from the chief inspector of prisons for England and Wales.
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In his annual report, Charlie Taylor describes how drones are dropping 10 kilogram packages of drugs into jails and that far too little is being done to keep them out.
Channel 4 News has had exclusive access to one prison where staff say men are deliberately getting recalled to jail just so they can bring in drugs.
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