Ken Foy

But I suppose it just goes to show, I suppose there was a day without these drugs and other contraband being brought in.

So, you know, remarkably on one given day, there was three different detections.

Yeah, and that shows, I suppose, the level of organisation behind it.

So in one, I suppose, seizure that was shown to us, I think there was at least four different colours.

So that's for four different criminal organisations within the jail.

And that means there'd be serious consequences for somebody that's not part of the organisation to take those drugs, maybe as they're dispersed among the prison yard.

I suppose, as you know, as we've been covering it for years, anything to do with drugs like this at an organised level can lead to and does lead to an increase in violence, not just in prison, but on the streets.

And that's what's been seen in all our prisons.

There is an increase in violence because there's been an increase in drugs getting in.

That's particularly the case in Wheatfield as well.

There was another video which we obtained on our visit which showed a mass brawl involving well over 20 prisoners and where the belief of the senior prison staff believed that it's...

ultimately connected to a traveler feud, the spark of it, it's suspected of was possibly drugs gone missing in one of these drone drops as well.

So with the increase in this kind of activity, it has led to a sharp increase in violence and attacks, not only prisoner on prisoner, but there has been an increase in attacks on prison staff as well.

Everything from cannabis to heroin and everything in between.

But also, tablets are quite popular and they always have been.

If you take enough of them, you're kind of in a zombie-like state as we often see on the streets, even around here.

Yeah, so it's a matter of very serious concern, but...

It does.

And I think there's been something like in Wheatfield alone, something close to 70 incidents of throw overs recorded so far.

But just to touch on a point you made earlier when you were saying that things are more technologically advanced with the drone use.