Children are being used to smuggle drugs into prison by “packing” them internally — and are sometimes forced to do so by gangs, prison authorities have revealed.In one case, a mother and her 12-year-old daughter were pulled over in their car by two criminals who inserted drugs into the girl and threatened them to pass the drugs over during a prison visit.
Prison bosses are so concerned at the problem, and drug-smuggling generally, that they have set up a confidential phone line to encourage people to supply them with information.
At the launch of the helpline, the Irish Prison Service disclosed:
- Mobile phones — as small as USB keys and key fobs — are rented out for as much as €1,000 to inmates;
- Drugs are worth around five times more inside prison than on the street;
- Prison gang bosses operate a sophisticated external payment systems — including bank accounts and postal addresses — where inmates pay for drugs and phones through family or friends;
- Family members — parents, siblings; and children — pay the consequences if an inmate fails to pay debts or smuggle in drugs;
- 70% of offenders coming into prison have a drug addiction.
Source: Irish Examiner, 07/07/15
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