'PHONE SMUGGLE' JAIL WARDENS SUSPENDED; EXCLUSIVE.Byline: JEREMY ARMSTRONG SIX prisoner officers have been suspended on suspicion of smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain mobile phones into a jail. At least three women staff are among those under investigation at Wakefield jail in West Yorks, which holds some of the country' most dangerous inmates, including murderers and sex offenders. They face allegations of smuggling in mobile phones found in the possession of inmate Brian McBride For other people of the same name, see . Brian McBride (born June 19, 1972) is a football striker who has appeared in three World Cups for the United States national team and is currently captain of Fulham F.C. of the English Premier League. , who allegedly profited by "hiring" them out to other inmates. Prison chiefs are trying to trace the numbers called from four phones found in his cell with phone chargers, top-up cards and receipts. The discovery triggered a major security alert. McBride has been moved to Durham's Frankland jail while police carry out an investigation. An insider said: "Any prisoner would be willing to pay for the loan of a phone as it gives immediate contact with the outside world. Inmates could set up drugs deals with old contacts, or even plan an escape." A prison service spokesman said: "Six members of staff from HMP HMP - hybrid multiprocessing Wakefield have been suspended pending the outcome of a police investigation." Police said inquiries were on-going. CAPTION(S): INVESTIGATION HMP Wakefield |
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