Patrisha

February 1, 2009

The Mind Boggles!

Bottom scanners to be introduced in prisons
Prisons are set to introduce bottom scanners in an attempt to stop prisoners smuggling mobile phones into jail.

{article can be found here}

By Chris Irvine {Daily Telegraph}
Last Updated: 9:28AM GMT 02 Feb 2009

nokia phone: bottom scanners to be introduced in prisons
The mobile Boss chairs have three sensitive sensors which can detect metal items as small as a pin

The £6,500 chairs are being put in 102 jails across Britain aimed to tackle a surge in phone smuggling.

Prisoners will have to sit on the chairs, called Body Orifice Security Scanners (Boss), which bleep if they have a phone hidden inside them.

They are then scanned in a non-intrusive manner and can also be used to detect drugs and weapons.

The mobile Boss chairs have three sensitive sensors which can detect metal items as small as a pin.

Resembling an electric chair, they have a metal detector on the seat and audio and visual alarms are activated when metal is carried into the magnetic field.

The person being screened positions their chin near the oral sensor and then sits momentarily in the chair. The entire procedure takes a few seconds.

So far two of the Boss devices have helped detect 21 mobile phones in just months at Woodhill prison, in Milton Keynes.

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TheWoodsprite

February 2, 2009

:oO ! Well thank goodness for the invention of “bottom scanners”….it beats anyone having to do it the old-fashioned way! :oO !! hugs, Nicky

Issued Puppet

Ew. Just….ew.

ChinaBaby

I know phones are getting smaller, but I didn’t think they were THAT small!

darcy0207

I agree with all the other noters! Are they afraid prisoners would use the phones to detonate bombs?

The Kid

!! 🙂

Gosh… LOL

Icklewriter

That’s hilarious! I just came here from recommending to another diarist that she stick a certain item up a certain person’s orifice and here is something that relates. I’m in some kind of black hole. An arse…um…hole…as it were.

FaerieBliss

So the bum is not only an exit but a tote bag.

VeronicaCorningstone

… I read this twice just to be certain I was really understanding what it was saying. *shakes head* Unbelievable.

wouldn’t it hurt so much to shove a phone up your arse!

do they actually hide them down there? That seems like it would be very uncomfortable if not downright painful LOL

Orange Sorbet

Interesting…..!

Pat

Oh my goodness, what will they think of next?

HAH! What a great invention as I’m sure NOONE liked the old way of searching!!!! LOL Hugs,M

Excellent idea. Bottom scanners for bottom feeders. I know, that’s mean.

gray tabby

i had no idea cell phones were that small!! that would be a very painful place to hide one. take care,

Mezzo

Can we say Eeeewww?

Violet

Hey, having working in law enforcement, I’m here to tell you that’s a darn sight better than a physical search! And those people will hide whatever they can WHEREVER they can without regard to personal safety. But still, it think this is very amusing.

Telynor

Whooping with laughter over here. If it wasn’t in so much detail, I’d think that this would be pulling my leg.

Strange…

February 3, 2009

I can’t believe this is required but I love the idea.

Deve

February 7, 2009

Seems like it would be cheaper and more reliable to jam cellphone signals and be done with it.