"Delivery Completed for 1.2 Million Won?... 'Hamburger' Flown into Prison by Drone Sparks Controversy in UK"

"Measures Underway to Prevent Drugs and Other Items From Entering Prisons"

A prisoner in the UK has claimed to have received a hamburger delivery via drone at a prison, sparking controversy.

According to the Daily Mail and other UK media outlets on March 16 (local time), a prisoner identified as A, currently incarcerated at a UK prison, posted a video on his social networking service (SNS) account using a mobile phone, which is banned in prison.

A prisoner in the UK has claimed to have received a hamburger delivery through the prison window, sparking controversy. TikTok

In the video, A claimed, "A 'Five Guys' burger was delivered through the 'Big House' window by drone," using 'Big House' as slang for prison, and asserted that he had received outside food inside the facility. He explained, "(The burger) endured rough weather and traveled a long way, even bumping into walls and windows several times." After watching the video, viewers speculated that the delivery cost to the prison could have been as high as 600 pounds (approximately 1.2 million won). The video, believed to have been filmed at a prison in the Midlands region of England, recorded over 220,000 views but has since been deleted.

As the controversy grew, UK prison authorities denied the claim. Officials stated, "There is no evidence to support the claim that food was delivered," and added, "If a prisoner is caught using a mobile phone during incarceration, they may face additional penalties such as an extension of their sentence."

This is not the first time there has been controversy over outside food being brought into a prison. Last year, at London's Wandsworth Prison, a prisoner caused a stir after releasing a video of himself eating food from the fast-food chain 'Chicken Cottage' in his cell. At that time, the prisoner showed off the outside food and then turned the camera to show his cell door.

Meanwhile, the UK government has begun preparing countermeasures to prevent banned items such as drugs and weapons from being brought into prisons via drones. Last month, it announced that it would provide about 2 million pounds (approximately 3.9 billion won) in funding to develop drone countermeasure technologies for prisons.

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