sorry dont know which section to put this in but...

[SKA]

was just wondering, how easy would it be to get a mobile phone into a prison?

[laurence2]

Ask someone in the prison services

[seekeerz]

Not worth the hassle !!!

[mrrobbo15]

hard......wud b fun trying tho.....have a go...

[laurence2]

If your going to smuggle it in your........................

Don't leave it on vibrate, your give the game away

[ELVIS68]

Depends if the jury find it guilty

[kate1976]

Can't be that hard as I know someone in prison who has a mobile and a lot of his prisoner mates do too!

[joko]

the size of some of them these days you could stick it in your ear or nose!

stick it on a neck chain, paint it gold and stick a few diamantes on and pretend its a necklace - lol!

or even make 2 and wear them as earrings!

[saxy_jag]

I did some temporary teaching in a prison about ten years ago. Technically, we were supposed to leave our phones at the gatehouse, but I often took mine in - although I always made sure to have it switched off. I worked there for six weeks and only had my bag searched once!

Apart from the obvious problems of prisoners getting hold of them, there was the additional thing that they could interfere with the staff radios at crucial times. Combine the two and you could have a nasty situation.

I would hope that both security and radios are much improved these days, but I have a niggling feeling ...

[Fulton]

It is quite easy to get them into some prisons, but not all.
Category A and top security prisons search everyone entering, and they have to pass through detector portals like at an airport.
Open prisons are easy, there'e little to stop you going in, never mind a phone. In between these extremes, it can vary, but be aware that most prisons have scanning detection units that can pinpoint an active phone's location.
Oh, and did I mention that it is illegal, and if caught, you could end up in prison yourself!