Prisons: Security

(asked on 20th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of x-ray body scanners in prisons in England and Wales .


Answered by
Robert Buckland Portrait
Robert Buckland
This question was answered on 27th June 2019

We are taking urgent and decisive action to stop contraband from entering our prisons. These illicit items pose a significant threat to safety and security.

X-ray body scanners have already been installed at Altcourse, Belmarsh, Doncaster, Forest Bank, Holme House, Leeds, Northumberland and Peterborough.

We believe X-ray scanning technology provides an effective method of confirming whether a prisoner is attempting to smuggle contraband via internal concealment.

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