Prisoners are very resourceful!
Warders at HMP Gartree could not work out how inmates were getting online using smuggled mobiles.
But they discovered houses near the Category B prison, which houses 600 lifers, have internet connections with “hotspots” that extend beyond the jail walls.
Now they have sent a warning letter to residents, many of whom are pensioners, asking them to protect or turn off the hotspots.
Mary Dilks, 70, whose home backs on to the jail, said: “They said inmates were using residents’ internet connections and asked us to get our security checked.
“But I’m not happy. It should be the prison who sorts out any problem, not us. The real problem is that prisoners shouldn’t have mobile phones in the first place.”
Neighbour Peter Jackson, 65, said: “I think people would be disgusted their internet was being used by criminals, especially if it’s to view porn. God knows what these people might be looking at.”
Gartree — near Market Harborough, which is nearly two hours north of London — houses the largest number of life sentence inmates in the UK.
The Prison Service said it was taking “decisive action” to find and block mobile phones in jails.
Source: New York Post