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SCOTLAND — Mobile phone signal blocking technology will go live in Scottish prisons within weeks, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has announced.
Mr MacAskill made the announcement at HMP Shotts, one of two pilot sites for the technology.
The move follows legislation allowing the Scottish Prison Service to interfere with mobile phone signals.
The technology should enable prison authorities to detect and prevent prisoners’ use of contraband phones.
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) awarded contracts for the installation of the technology at HMPs Shotts and Glenochil. The two pilot sites are expected to be operating the technology by the end of the current financial year.
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