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Old 11-02-2010, 12:42   #264
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Re: "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"

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Originally Posted by Russ View Post
What I mean is the police around here use mobiles as well as radios, just wondering if the prison service use them too. Maybe some prisons are close to public buildings and areas where mobile signal blockers could affect civvies too?
Certainly Barlinnie and Greenock prison are right next to housing and I'd imagine others are as well. Even so I think they could arrange the jammers in such a way as to avoid leakage outwith the walls of the prison. Even if not all the cells were covered having the majority jammed would be better than nothing.

We don't really use mobile for work purposes but I have seen other forces using them. Dunno about the prison service but I can't think of any reason why a prison guard would need them. Having a radio with one button to press seems far safer than typing in a number and waiting for it to ring.
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