Drones used to smuggle flick knives into prison as 'old school' violence erupts

HMP Pentonville was singled out in a damning report after it found that knives had been smuggled in by drones to be used in traditional forms of violence between inmates View 4 Images Drones are now being increasingly used to smuggle in weapons to prisons (stock) (Image: Guernsey Press / SWNS.com)

Prison inspectors have said they were ‘alarmed’ after three flick knives were smuggled into a jail. It is believed that drones were responsible for delivering them . ‌

A report into HMP Pentonville, a prison which holds just under 1,200 men in north London, was released last week and found that one of the knives was used in an attack. It does not specify whether it was used to stab another prisoner or a member of prison staff, but inspectors from the Independent Monitoring Board