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<p>The safety and security of prisons is a top priority.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons already
use body searches, metal-detecting scanners and drug detection dogs, and we have invested
£7 million in modern technology, including phone blocking technology and improved
searching techniques. As announced recently in the Budget, we will now spend an extra
£30 million this financial year to further improve decency, safety and security in
prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not disclose details of our prison security defence
capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security. Additionally,
complete information on the cost of installing and upgrading CCTV in prisons could
only be obtained at disproportionate cost. For the financial year 2018-2019, the Ministry
of Justice has 52 separate projects pertaining to the installation/upgrade of CCTV
within prisons, at a cost of £2,213,769.93.</p><p> </p>
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