Time

[jennyjoan]

Time as in above drama - excuse my ignorance but when a phone was found in the cell - like how is it that dangerous/illegal.

[Paigntonian]

Drug deals. Threats to others outside. Abuse. Running criminal networks.

[jennyjoan]

oh right - thanks Paign

[Peter Pedant]

and yes to hide it they really do hide it up their ju-jus

[ToraToraTora]

also on the same show, are they really allowed kettles in their cells so they can throw boiling water about?

[Buenchico]

Paigntonian has largely answered your question.

Many prisoners who try to get hold of phones in prisons though simply want to increase contact with their families and kids. They only have limited means to earn the money to pay for calls from prison payphones and access to those phones is also very limited. (If the only time that a prisoner can use a phone to speak to his family is when his kids are at school, he's likely to want to try to find another way to contact them).

So, in a perfect world, it would make sense to allow all prisoners to have mobile phones in their cells. However the world isn't perfect and there are a lot of people in prison who want to arrange for drugs to be brought in, for witnesses in forthcoming court cases to be intimidated and to continue running the county lines networks that they'd masterminded before they were sent to prison. So there's a blanket ban on mobile phones in prisons, meaning that those prisoners who simply want more contact with their families lose out.

[jennyjoan]

Right - Peter Pedant - you are saying they try to hide the phone up their ju-ju but what about the charger? They couldn't get that up - their a$se would be in raw flesh with the 3 prong phone LOL

[jennyjoan]

^^^^ oops - the 3 prong plug

[fiveleaves]

Phones are like gold in prison. Every possible way will be used to try and smuggle them in. Using drones, bent prison officers or hiding them somewhere unmentionable.
Not unknown to arrange a hit on a person on the outside from prison

[Peter Pedant]

// hey can throw boiling water about?//
add sugar so it sticks as it burns as it scalds

and why isnt TTT screaming - yes yes they should all be punished ? - especially the little kiddie immigrants - end of! - prison isnt tought enought !

what has happened to AryanBank - turned into PassyBank has it?

[Peter Pedant]

jay jay my knowledge of what men stuff up their ju ju is far from complete - you could call it - - in flux

[Buenchico]

Prisoners don't need chargers, per se, for their phones. They're allowed to have devices such as radios and MP3 players in their cells. These days, many such devices are powered by a USB lead that plugs into something like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDnuxd3PZtHKK8nPUj89-wxZyOGB9YOeAVuw&usqp=CAU

That gives them, perfectly legally, a USB socket in their cell. So then all they need is a lead to connect between the USB socket and their phone. Phones like this one are available from many, many suppliers on eBay for under fifteen quid:
https://ibb.co/3ytfGw2

[chelle7272]

Yes they have kettles
https://www.doingtime.co.uk/how-prisons-work/life-behind-the-wall-doingtime/meals/

[ummmm]

My friend got sentenced to 19 years (he obviously didn't serve that long) and was posting on FB daily from a phone smuggled in.

Time is another classic from the BBC.

[AuntPollyGrey]

This is one of the BBC's best dramas this year. Its a pity they could only do 3 episodes though -he got 4 years For Funks Sake -hopefully there will be a second series.

[Peter Pedant]

just started it
not as horrific as I thought

[AuntPollyGrey]

I don't think its meant to be 'horrific'.