How Drugs and Mobile Phones Get Into British Prisons | Investigators

[@2011blueman]

Anytime you have a law that makes it a crime to whistleblow on corruption you're guaranteed to find a corrupt system from top to bottom.

[@luckyxluke]

Whistleblowers are protected by UK law.

[@nathanhyde2946]

@@luckyxluke not always it depends but the same is in America. Ppl have landed in jail for leaking corrupt documents in the USA.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

@@luckyxluke then why is Julian Assange held against his will and stripped off any civil rights, by the British police force! ?

[@luckyxluke]

@@originalunoriginal4055 He wasn't really a whistleblower. He just published the documents other whistleblowers sent to him.

[@luckyxluke]

@@nathanhyde2946 Leaking documents is not the same as whistleblowing.

[@slackhackman9115]

Kinda funny how I'm up in the cellblock watching this. 😂

[@AbbasA99]

3 you

[@lxeedye7one662]

How and why?

[@Rigoberto365-]

@@lxeedye7one662 on a phone and cause boredom?

[@lxeedye7one662]

@@Rigoberto365- I'm asking him why's he's watching in a cell block I wanna know what he doe

[@didcuriosityreallykillthecat]

No your not 😂😂

[@evilfish456]

wow. There are actual journalists on buzzfeed? I hope these two get work on credible news organisation. Good investigating journalism!

[@tashgodoffools]

For real tho...

[@ChilkoNZ]

BuzzFeed News somewhat separate from the rest of BuzzFeed, it has improved it's journalism a lot over the last couple years. Hence you are watching them on Vice.

[@VanlifewithAlan]

Great documentary. When I need a new mobile phone I shall get it from Brixton Prison!

[@luciferslettuce]

How many phones can a man suitcase, that's a question for the inmates! Lol

[@sxyangeleyez]

that made my day thanks

[@xinniethep00h]

@@luciferslettuce that all depends on the man lol

[@kiuk_kiks]

For only £300 for a burner phone and £1,500 for an old smartphone.

[@CamiVerdugo]

I mean of course he's an investigative journalist, his last name is Holmes 😄

[@D-No974]

Brilliant 👏🤣‼️

[@angelmujahid2233]

Every time people hear about officers being corrupt or doing something corrupt someone always tries to inform us that it isn’t all of them.

[@creepychris420]

what's weird is if you just pay people for the job they are doing they probably wont look for a side hustle. I should really be on the side of the criminals, im a weed smoking hippy skater boy, but i can't help but think these guards will be paid quite poorly to recieve abuse at work every day, if it was me id defo take up this chance of some extra income and to make the people i'm guarding like me a bit more

[@sonnytopboy4975]

Fair play until one day you say no or I'm not doing it anymore, do you think they will smile and thankyou for helping them? Not sure how that would work out. 🤔

[@blakesking6615]

@@sonnytopboy4975 Facts

[@lit_for_20]

@Viper vibe way to get personal after one comment but you do you

[@Selene666]

do you think prison officers aren't pricks who abuse their power though? not saying all of them are terrible people, but many aren't very nice.

[@bender6942]

They’d still smuggle stuff regardless

[@Ad-skip]

Buzzfeed showing a level of quality journalism that is unheard of in their company.

[@lukecacciatorenorris8770]

You know it!

[@epramos6800]

Staff.. COs. The warden. Even state prisons that pay well, example, California's CDCR, officers six figures and can retire after 25 years. There is still massive corruption.

[@fuckyoutube5584]

Corcoran aka gladiator camp. Dad was there in during the 90s. Now at a supermax

[@zinjanthropus322]

Too much money ain't enough money.

[@epramos6800]

@@zinjanthropus322 money is the root of all evil.

[@zinjanthropus322]

@@epramos6800 evil is older than money

[@epramos6800]

@@zinjanthropus322so what's your point in the response?

[@matthewjay660]

Raise the pay of these guards by £12,000 so that they can make a livable wage and are more resistant to corruption. Pay people what they’re worth.

[@VivalaryMan]

That's a really good idea.

[@opticalman6417]

inmates dont need to corrupt prison officers their allready crrupted thir never stamp out the problem becuase the issue runs far to deep

[@Zatvornik]

There is a theory circulating that it all has something to do with high rates of depression in general population and ridiculously low price of body lubricants...

[@chrish559]

Tobacco now banned is just as lucrative

[@OperationFoxley19441]

Being in a low paid job should not make you corrupt, what about NHS workers who are paid far less than Prison officers.

[@marcfreeland7231]

I have friends who didn't touch a drug before prison and left full blown addicts

[@D-No974]

Me too fam

[@enormhi]

"How Drugs and Mobile Phones Get Into British Prisons" Bent over, and I'll show you

[@sonnytopboy4975]

Lol

[@burlhorse61]

plus the officers are corrupt af

[@WSFM_Rex]

When he said buzzfeed news i spit my coffee out laughing😂

[@jaxstax2406]

They are forever pigeonholed into clickbait videos.

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

laugh but they probably have a wider daily reach than the BBC

[@jkfdkjjd]

"Several reports of officers even bringing in weapons and ammunition"... in the UK? In prison? Riiiiiight. That must explain that spate of shootings they had in prison.

[@D-No974]

Yeh right! Good point

[@TheLordtoni12]

It’s not only in prisons. Corruption is in all parts of the government.. politicians, police officers...

[@opticalman6417]

indeed the whole system is built on three main things lies deception and Corruption its never about what the system can offer those place in the system but what they can get out of them

[@Dexy83]

I've recently been obsessed with investigative podcasts. I had no idea how many topics are exposed through real journalism.

[@louivuittton]

Give a person power, they will use it, give a child a toy, they’ll play with it

[@anthonypeterson9686]

Phones and drugs should be allowed in prisons... we should be making prisons more tolerable not less, it’s already medieval in there how much worse do you want it to be for humans?

[@pepperroni6252]

This is how the Nordic countries are trying to do it, the punishment is losing your freedom and being imprisoned, they work hard on reform and it works.

[@robertmurphy3014]

Problem is , phones in prison are use to extort, murder, and commit violent activities.

[@lit_for_20]

many people still see prison as a form of punishment, where it should really be a form of rehabilitation. resocializing inmates into social structure makes them turn their back on their criminal life, being a useful member of society and less likely to offend again, which even lowers costs. the scandinavian countries are heavily enforcing this system and looking at their statistics, it seems to work out better than what some other nations are doing

[@pepperroni6252]

@@CA-ly7my please elaborate

[@pepperroni6252]

@@CA-ly7my you've jumped a long way from the bare necessities, and if it helped reform them then the system works

[@maxerea4380]

And why is this woman smiling while talking about a serious subject? And she tells it like a 5 year-old that saw someone steal a cookie from the cookie jar.

[@DioXin]

Her: I'm an editor and investigative reporter Job interviewer: 😯 Her: at Buzzfeed news. Job interviewer:😂😂

[@chrisza9782]

Up next on Buzzfeed: we try 10 gourmet Norwegian prison meals. All laughs and no grasp!

[@DeepakHarish48]

The UK is human-friendly, didn't know that it's this friendly! I now understand why many ppl flee from other countries to the UK when they find themselves are under scrutiny by their governments...

[@TB-ex6gp]

Prisoners are people too.

[@user-rk5cu5tg2g]

"In jail i made the screws bring me flick knives" says it all

[@earthmother3024]

I love how the whole problem is blamed on the prisoners. The prisoners “intimated”, “groomed”, or “manipulated” them. How about the blame being put on the officers who decided to knowingly and deliberately BREAK THE LAW for personal gain.

[@opticalman6417]

same thing going on in the probation service their cashing in on service users

[@foxtailedcritter]

I mean people are abusing drugs while in prison because it's not like Norway. A study has shown in Australia Long bay prison (and most NSW prisons) people will abuse drugs while inside, there is sexual and physical abuse and when they get out they'll just re offend because why? You don't rehabilitate them with therpy and skills you instead treat them as inhumane as possible. I see this in Australia, UK and the US.

[@STRENGTHFROMABOVE]

Wow! I hope there are measures in place to help them through rehabilitation, that is the most humane thing to focus on. Bless!

[@timeittakestoletgo1687]

@Johnnie Boi Yep. This. Prisons make things worse. Non-violent or unlikely repeat offenders do not belong there.

[@shadowslayer9988]

@@timeittakestoletgo1687 Exactly they need to learn how to separate non violent/misdemeanor prisoners from violent prisoners.

[@opticalman6417]

they dont care about rehabilitation the system all about control and cashing in on offenders

[@guillermob8070]

If I were a prisoner, I wouldn’t mind drugs coming in 😳😳😳

[@adammorrow5704]

sometimes vice bats it out the fucking park. well played

[@SamWatts89]

They were working for buzzfeed but yeah sometimes they really do!

[@anthon3919]

@@SamWatts89 if u were a journalist u would work where the paycheck is, u cant directly be working for the most prestigious newspaper

[@skhardy45]

I think he was stating they worked

[@skhardy45]

For Buzzfeed and not Vice

[@fbspin]

Holmes is a very fitting name for an investigative reporter

[@ramiro041]

God forbid prisoners are able to have a connection with the outside world 😱

[@lewiseveritt2091]

Yeah ridiculous. Look at Norway etc, prison system focused on rehabilitation and treating them as people who matter and need help. Then you get the idiotic right wing punishment focused prison system in the us, uk etc and it fails every time.

[@ARMOREDxFORCEZ]

Dude on the left looks like the joker of Ledger

[@Привид_Бандери]

This is EVERY prison EVERYWHERE!

[@smug_cat1]

Germany Sweden

[@maxerea4380]

Oh wow, its so weird, criminal activity in a facility filled with criminals? Oh my god, never expected that.

[@eliasbbuilding7716]

30.000 a year is not much when you work at the prison

[@Manu-rl1pd]

This happens in all prisons in the world. 🥸

[@JohnWick-ds8mz]

The screws are the worst for it

[@TheAlbinoskunk]

It's not the story but prisons have been an absolute petri dish in the coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of prisoners getting sick despite brutal lockdown conditions. The government has failed again and again when it comes to managing prisoners

[@edmundprice5276]

Corruption in the British government is not only in the prisons but also, the parliament, the local councils, I'm a Devonian separatist now because of what has been going on

[@linusbach2164]

I dont see a problem with drugs in Prisons. The way we stick them in inhumane conditions it is not a big surprise that there are a lot, somehow they have to pass the time too

[@Kixrd]

Man why do they put scary music in the background to put me on edge i wanna watch it at night

[@DuffyJohnny]

Is no-one talking about the fact this guys name is Holmes? Mr.Holmes??

[@connorsherwood636]

Been in hmp altcourse and everyone of them is bent in one way or another

[@lit_for_20]

if you can, would you elaborate? phones, drugs, that sort of thing, or some just being careless / not taking their duty seriously?

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Rectums. That is the only answer. Extra safe... 5:44

[@zamiadams4343]

"I'll make you an offer you can't refuse" it always works.

[@EliteFilmScenes]

Why talk about how they received the information instead of just getting to the details?

[@PaulHo]

This is terrifying!

[@alanmacer5078]

No it's not

[@narsimhas1360]

Am I the only one who read it as 'how drugs and phones get into british persons'

[@FionnCr]

What's the scale up of reported corruption incident (in this case 7,000) vs actual corruption incidents. I went for double but I imagine it could be quadrupled.

[@PushyPawn]

Bravo Buzzfeed. 👏 Thank you VICE. 👍

[@jamesward5721]

It's even more complex/funnier/sadder than this IRL. Guard "A" brings in some drugs. He sells the drugs to one of his "Trustees" at a big mark-up on street cost because 100 quid on the streets is 500 quid worth "inside". who then sells them to another "mug" prisoner who is not in on the game at an even huger mark-up. Let's call the mug Prisoner B.... That done, Guard A's colleagues immediately raid Prisoner B's cell & "confiscate" the drugs all "official" like... Prisoner B is now worried that he will face further charges for posession - which he might if the authorities want to nail him for whatever reason - but chances are he will just get "a warning" as charging officially would kinda mess with the scam/bring up awkward questions - so he worried for nothing.. and no way is he complaining to anyone. The drugs go back to Guard A or one of his Pals. There may be some "shrinkage" as some got used/lost, blah blah, but the mark up is so high, nobody cares. The gear goes back to either the Trustee or another Trustee, who then sells them to another "mug" prisoner, who also gets busted first thing next morning. That, children, is how a 100 quid street deal becomes thousands of quid once the cycle has been repeated a few times - that 100 quid deal might get sold 10 or more times before a fresh batch at 100 quid is required due to "shrinkage".. so Guard A makes 5000 quid from spending 100 quid & some time - which gets divvied up between "The Lads" who help - who are all also bringing in their own 100 quids worth and playing the same game - whereby we are suddenly at an absolute fcuk-tonne of cash being generated per month for an expenditure of peanuts. Too much to resist the temptation. How does anyone get paid when "theoretically" nobody in prison has actual cash? Well, that's easy too - it's all done on-line. A Pal outside deposits funds, get a code - that code gets sent to the Trustee, they give the code to Guard A & Guard A can access the cash outside the prison whenever they like on any high-street anonymously. . You go Google that - it's a "Thing", I'm betting..... Prison "Economies" rival any semi-developed small country - they are economies within economies. A mobile that can be bought for 30 quid outside is worth 1200 inside - loads will gladly pay.. Those prison walls are just effectively a "border" - everything inside that "border" is insanely expensive & scarce - and as with every border where there is a price-difference on either side, you will have smugglers who work across those borders. In the case of prisons, the price difference is gigantic - so the temptation is too high to resist. Plus all your colleagues are in on it, so the risk is minimal to non-existent - the rewards are immense. Plus there is an endless supply of new "mugs" supplied by "The System" who do so love sending people to jail. The cash flows up (think on that.....) - into the multi-millions - it's a Club, & You ain't in it. Guard A has to keep the guys above him happy so he doesn't get raided/the boot - he kicks back to them... they kick back to their Boss & he kicks back to someone higher.. Whenever you hear of some Official getting busted - they didn't kick back higher, so they get "Explained better" to by the Powers that be. You keeping up? :-) It goes right to the top & the sums involved are eye-watering. Simple but complex. Welcome to awareness of the actual "System" we live under..How people get to be in Prison is another whole "System" in itself that is also worth endless millions - as is the actual prison itself. It's a Gigantic Business, "The Law" - beyond comprehension as to the value - which is why your nightly "News" is so focussed on "crime" - except the criminals you see on the news are just the mugs - the real crime is the System itself. Complex.

[@sxyangeleyez]

OHIO private prisons are the same way, I was just released from one. PRIVATE prisons will always be this way

[@epramos6800]

All prisons, not just private. Dont be ridiculous. In the world, Money is the factor.

[@easty204]

Ye because someone who has a Mickey Mouse profile pic has been inside

[@michaeljones1109]

"Is all tha world jails and churches?" - Rage Against The Machine

[@Fedelios1]

Not only in Uk, come in Brazil to see

[@R.I.P_clan]

I say Leave the prisoners, as long as they ain't harming or affecting anyone other than themselves.

[@R.I.P_clan]

@Johnnie Boi I guess you didn't fully understand my comment. Idky more tranquilizers ain't used on aggressive prisoners and criminals. anyways doesn't concern me at all.

[@thelostar]

Man This Sounds More LIKE AFTER COVID BOARD EXAM CENTER Investigation.. LOL

[@gengdemic1370]

Dodgy prison guards it goes to informants

[@fromonhigh891]

They keep showing weed. The biggest harm from possessing marijuana are the ridiculous and archaic legal repercussions.

[@Pucheee.]

I've been in jail myself, not for a long time tho, just a couple months and it was the same scenario there. I feel it would be really hard to pass the jail time without such stuff, I know drugs are bad and life ruining and cell phones shouldn't be in a jail but try passing your time in a jail knowing you have years or even decades ahead to rot in there. I went mad and depressed within a month. Can't imaging how people cope with it knowing they have a long time to rot in there.

[@fionahaines882]

Absolutely shocking

[@andyparsley3744]

This is not news it's common knowledge.

[@Daiin0]

He looks like Heath Ledger

[@thereal6131]

I’m out of here in 23 more months. Using phones in here has never been hard. People have been on them checking their Instagram since the beginning of Instagram. *Long live the ghost* of *_D block_*

[@ferrarikardigan3433]

The authorities know that drugs are needed in prison as the population is easier to manage drugged up

[@jamesbradford8574]

Ahhhhh, we don't need a video to tell us this. It happens the same way in the UK that it happens everywhere else in the world: contraband is smuggled in by visitors and guards. Any questions? Good. Don't need a 9:32 video.

[@eliassanchez420wakenbake]

Actually used to buy 100s of phones to sneak into prisons

[@ConalSpires]

Honestly some of the scummiest people I met worked in the prison service.

[@user-by6yc8yl7v]

This is every prison in America.

[@aviendha1154]

Also that guys really gullible if he thinks prisions were built for rehabilitation. People arguably can't be rehabilitated whilst separated from society.

[@WilzonTovar]

They put inside a biscuit with sausage and beans. No way a real English man can't do that.

[@houssam9991]

The mans name is Holmes!

[@steppamanjroy9886]

Lol I kinda thought they gave them the cellphones for free on mandate 😂🤣😅🤔😆😬 so many jail freestyles

[@Andy-im3kj]

That awkward moment when the same thing happens in the U.S.

[@Double_OG_Menace]

Phones and drugs smell like 💩.

[@cityboycountrystar1]

I know when I was in the clinker, 12 years total, there were plenty of drugs brought in, everything from Suboxone to meth, marijuana to cocaine, and tobacco to spice or K2. Cell phones were normal in every level camp, that cost the buyer from $250-1500

[@cobrar5161]

Police officers get beaten up by the prisoners to work for them..and that happens inside a prison. Humans indeed have reached the peak of civilization🤣

[@seananthonyegan3395]

I'm sure this has a lot to do with the staff being private contractors you get what you pay for

[@stufftothinkabout7005]

Wait until they review the US

[@Mark_Chandler]

once percent corrupt, 99 percent looking the other way

[@famousbowl9926]

Theres 1000's of methods. My cellmate personally used a hollow cut out dry bread method..

[@justlife4216]

Shutup you tool that would be found in a heartbeat 😂😂

[@stealthquil1sants870]

lmfao I love how subtitles were automatically turned on for the Brits

[@LiquidFlowJam]

shame about the dodgy audio levels, but interesting nonetheless

[@P_Barne_II]

I had heard about it but didnt believe it until now

[@lewism1953]

Drones, bumholes and dodgy screws. Saved you 9 minutes.

[@eljrdelaspakas2793]

Ngl this dude look like James Franco the actor lmaoooo🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@Zatvornik]

Explanation is rather simple my friends: combine high rates of depression with ridiculously low price of body lubricants and voila!

[@ntsubeats]

World Class Journalism 💯💎

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

Standard stuff...I've been to jail twice and was high pretty much constantly

[@astrorecordingsomegaenterp888]

Its like this ALL over the globe especially in western countries

[@joebobby6157]

Nice one Mr. Holmes

[@oro7114]

what does he mean bringing in ammunition?

[@johndoa4839]

Who’s here after watching TIME on Bbc

[@manuelsacramento6324]

Is this Cody Ko?

[@MMM-lo3vi]

This is for 99% of the countries.

[@lxeedye7one662]

So my school dose a better job keeping schools out then a prison 😭

[@maximrueegger]

the audio balance in this video is terrible

[@DJAlexParker]

Not sure how much to believe when it's BuzzFeed...