Eddie51, You answered your own question in a way , That's exactly why the army should be running prisons , a prison by definition is a secure establishment and secure means No entry to drugs and the ability to communicate with the outside world unless supervised, We are too soft on crime, and put into context the few in society spoil it for the majority who sometimes live in fear of crime and they should be dealt with in such with an unpleasant experiance that they would not want to go back again, I am absolutely fed up with comments like they have rights etc etc , and police say that the criminals are known to them etc etc , if they step out of line we should deal with them ....... so going back to the original question build more less fancy prisons run with an iron fist with no home comforts .......