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Eliminating external communication is critical to disrupting prison drug supply chains
Conclusion
Given that the Organised Crime Group market is based on reliable means of communication and that sophisticated smartphones are readily available within prisons, eliminating external communication is the single most critical intervention to disrupt drug supply chain management, debt coordination and criminal operations. (Conclusion, Paragraph 111)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 9 January 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Justice Committee
Inquiry
Tackling drugs in prisons
Report
6th Report - Tackling the drugs crisis in our prisons
31 Oct 2025
HC 557
Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.9 yr
Report published
31 Oct 2025