According to reports, some of the deadliest murders in the UK, including Wayne Couzens, Levi Bellfield, and Ian Huntley, will have phones put in their cells.
The concept of being able to place and receive private calls has been described as “buzzing” among inmates at HMP Frankland, often known as “Monster Mansion.”
These are thought to have taken months for workers to install so that inmates wouldn’t have to wait in lines.
Critics have called it a ‘terrible’ idea and say the scheme is open to ‘being abused’.
Former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley told The Sun giving a phone to ‘someone serving a relatively small sentence’ and planning to rebuild their life outside ‘is not a bad idea’.
But he added: ‘The idea that monsters like Huntley and Bellfield are getting phones in their cells is outrageous. I can see it being abused.’
Tory MP James Daley, who sits on the Home Affairs select committee, said victims and taxpayers will be ‘sickened’.
Prisoners at Frankland – including Soham child murderer Huntley, serial killer Bellfield and rape killer cop Couzens – are housed in single cells with a TV, washbasin and toilet facilities.
Those who behave well are also allowed games consoles and DVD players.
A Prison Service spokesman told the paper that ‘phone use in prisons is subject to strict time limits, risk assessments and monitoring’.
Other notorious inmates include Lee Rigby’s killer Michael Adebolajo, nail bomber David Copeland and Sally Anne Bowman’s murderer Mark Dixie.