Written questions

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

2026-06-01 · Ministry of Justice · 5498 · Official question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of equipping all sites across the prison estate with the a) CPM Wilson-Plus or b) CPM Watson-Plus drone jammers.

Answer

HM Prison & Probation Service continues to adapt its counter-drone security measures to keep pace with the evolving threat. Its approach is multi-faceted, with a variety of countermeasures and intelligence tools to prevent drones from delivering contr...