Among the ten penal institutions in Saxony, the number of prohibited mobile phones is decreasing. Recently, the number of mobile phones and smartphones seized from prisoners has decreased. According to the Ministry of Justice, there were 281 last year, 372 the previous year and 454 in 2015. The spokesperson said that the measures taken so far to prevent cell phone jammer have paid off. In particular, control devices with mobile phone dogs and detention and work areas have a deterrent effect. As of June 2018, 166 cases have been discovered.
In 2019, mobile jammer systems will be installed in the two largest prisons in Dresden and Leipzig-at a cost of approximately 2.7 million euros. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that this will enable fixed cellular networks to be blocked for the first time. In individual cases, prisoners use illegal mobile phones to threaten, insult, coerce or blackmail witnesses, relatives or victims, and organize drugs or prohibit pornography.
Mobile phones are mostly smuggled in from outside
The law prohibits the possession and use of mobile phones. The spokesperson said, but time and time again, cell phone jammer devices are smuggled from outside, especially when visiting, returning from the open or thrown on the wall. In individual cases, when they were detained, they were brought into the facility by transporting goods and packages, as well as by servants and outside employees.
Attorney General Sebastian Gemkow (Sebastian Gemkow) also believes that this decline is a sign of the good work of prison staff. But he also believes that there is further potential for enforcing the statutory cell phone ban in prisons. According to his spokesperson, the use of cell phone jammers in pre-trial detention prohibits contact with the outside world. It is particularly important to prevent illegal communication between prisoners and the outside world, as this may cause Power outages.
