Lamb chops, steak and rice cookers were among packages of contraband intercepted by prison authorities in a recent crackdown, an official said on Tuesday.
New South Wales state Corrective Services commander of security investigations Brian Kelly said he didn’t see the need for visitors sneaking in food or cooking gear for inmates.
”Prison food is not that bad,” he said.
Since the crackdown started in April of last year, almost one in 10 of 3 515 visitors searched for contraband have been charged by police or issued with court attendance notices for smuggling, he said.
One of the strangest packages of contraband found by officers contained nine lamb chops and a kilogram of steak, Kelly said, adding that it had been thrown into a prison in Parramatta, a western suburb of Sydney.
In addition to the commonplace contraband of drugs, money and cellphones, one person was stopped trying to sneak in a guitar, he said. – Sapa-AP