article_snippet: But the status updates have landed the convict in deep trouble.
article_snippet: If a prisoner breaks the rules they can be stripped of they privileges, have time added on to they sentence and may be reported to the police for further action.
article_snippet: The Government announced that phone networks could soon be compelled to block mobile phones and SIM cards being used in prisons in a proposed amendment to the Serious Crime Bill.
article_snippet: If approved, the legislation will mean that, once a phone has been identified, the prison service will be able to apply to a court for the prison service to be disconnected without needing to seize the phone or prove the prison service is being used by a specific prisoner.
article_snippet: In 2013, a total of 7,451 seizures was made of illicit mobile phones or SIM cards in prisons.