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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Special Met unit to root out corrupt prison officers


Special Met unit to root out corrupt prison officers

"Senior Metropolitan Police sources estimate that one in 10 prison officers – about 1,000 in total – are corrupt.

The "ghost squad" will target these "rogue" officers in an attempt to stem the "apparently limitless" supply of drugs and mobile phones within prisons.

Earlier this year, a former jail chief said more than £100 million worth of drugs is traded in prisons each year, most of it smuggled in by guards".

In my view, the total of only 1,000 corrupt prison officers is at least 100% too low.

2 comments:

Nunyaa said...

There is a lot of prison officers who do and get away with things that in the public they would deny. You are in prison for a reason but it don't give them the right to mentally abuse or physically abuse those in custody. I would have to say that , that conflicts with my thoughts on sex predators and child molesters.

Anonymous said...

And even Veloceraptors....