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Special Met unit to root out corrupt prison officers

By John Hirst

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.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on May 27, 2008 (boomark / email).