Red lines have been crossed in the Botafuegos prison (Algeciras, Cádiz) for months. It has gone from threats to attacks on officials. Not only inside the enclosure, but outside, where the vehicles of some of them have appeared burned. To this disturbing situation, there is now a new ‘modus operandi’ that, for a few years, has been gaining strength in Spanish prisons, the Algeciras prison being a clear example of this. It is the use of drones to introduce prohibited objects. Precisely, this Monday, the officials found materials that left evidence of a “failed delivery” in the prison. In this case, two mobile phones, one small and one large, connection cables and 30 grams of hashish. In addition to various material, such as ropes and hooks, introduced in a delivery that failed when trying to land inside the center. If the system fails, they do not “catch” anyone “It is not the first time”, they assure from Acaip-UGT. The union denounces the “serious problem” posed by the frequency of drones flying over Spanish prisons. They are carriers of prohibited objects such as drugs, telephones and even weapons. “It is a perfect method for them because if it fails they do not catch anyone, they only lose the merchandise”, they explain to NIUS. From Acaip-UGT they remember that the Secretary General of Penitentiary Institutions, Angel Luis Ortiz, is aware of this situation of which He was informed a few months ago, taking advantage of his visit to the Algeciras prison. His response was that there was a pilot project that they wanted to implement in the Ceuta prison. “And for when the more than 80 remaining prisons? Will we have to wait for some unrepairable misfortune to occur? The reality is that, in the short term, there is no shock plan, “they lament. The inhibitors do not detect 4G or 5G The inhibition system of Spanish prisons is obsolete. “They are devices that inhibit the frequency of 2G or 3G telephones, but subsequently they have not bothered to do any type of maintenance to them, so those that are not out of service are not useful either because they do not have the capacity to inhibit the new 4G terminals. or 5G”, they lament.Botafuegos has been erected in the prison of Spain where more mobile phones are seized from its inmates. Almost 700 in the last 5 years. “Every 2 or 3 days one is seized,” they explain. A figure that is not surprising in one of the prisons that houses the most inmates related to drug trafficking and money laundering. “They use them to continue directing their criminal activities, from inside the prison, and maintain their status,” they point out. They also use them for financial gain, since their price in prison ranges between 200 and 300 euros, or they rent them. . “When debts cannot be settled, there are settling scores, threats, coercion, fights, aggression,…”, they point out. In addition, the use of terminals poses a danger to the officials themselves, because calls are made advising the outside world of the working days and entry and exit times of the workers.