Handsets were handed out to inmates to keep them connected with loved ones during the pandemic
Prisoners are to get landlines in their cells instead of mobile phones which were used to arrange gangland crimes.
Opposition MSPs yesterday called for the full cost of the landline roll-out to be revealed and demanded assurances the new system will not repeat “serious past mistakes” with mobile phones. Jolene Doherty, 22, is serving a minimum 17 years for knifing Conner Cowper, 18, in Holytown, Lanarkshire, in 2018.
A public contract published this week revealed the SPS has forked out £1.3million for a “cloud based PIN phone service” which includes the installation of “analogue in-cell phones”, support and maintenance. prisoners were quickly hacked and used to commit crimes including drug deals and the firebombing of family homes.
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