Raids conducted by jail authorities in all the blocks of Puzhal prison has led to the seizure of nine mobile phones on Monday, reports TNIE.
According to reports, prison officials seized phones that belonged to seven prisoners.
Apart from cell phones, two batteries and three chargers were also recovered.
Mobile phones were seized from Block 1,2,3,4 and High-Security block 1. A jammer had been installed in the prison premises two months back. Last year, there were allegedly 72 mobile phone cases registered, while the number is already at 64 this year.
“During the raid, we seized mobile phones from toilets, rain water harvesting points and even shoes,” a prison official told TNIE. “Someone had torn the back of a slipper, inserted a phone and pasted it again. Mostly, inmates hide phones in awkward or unexceptional places that are being used daily.”
Repeat offenders are allegedly the most likely to possess phones as they have visited the prison multiple times and are aware of how to conceal and use the device.
Use of mobile phones by inmates has been an uncontrollable menace due to the alleged connivance of some prison staff. Many crimes, according to reports are believed to have been planned in prison by convicts using mobile phones to communicate with their henchmen outside.