'Gun concealment' jeans: the disturbing new craze in our jails

'Gun concealment' jeans: the disturbing new craze in our jails | Mail Online: "Prisoners are wearing specially designed jeans imported from America which can conceal handguns and knives, according to leaked confidential documents.

A security bulletin distributed among prison governors warns of the need to ‘proceed with caution’ when encountering an inmate wearing denim trousers. The trousers are favoured by American street gangs but have only recently been seen in British prisons.

The development is the latest indication of the disorder in Britain’s prisons which reached a flashpoint in January when drunk prisoners rampaged through HMP Ford, near Arundel, burning down buildings and attacking officers.

Investigations into the riot’s ringleaders and the smuggling of contraband into prisons are ongoing. However, the security bulletins for September and October 2010 make clear that the problems are not unique to that institution."

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