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Because that's the type of energy that I give all it don't take no effort to like and sub Y'all should try it on this current video inside the world's highest tech prison This behind me is HMP fosway, and it's maybe the most technologically advanced prison in the world So we're actually going to go through the full prisoners journey Understand what the potential benefit of tech in a prison actually is and then talk to a real prisoner to see The end what the potential benefit of tech in a prison What's this for? They plan video games in there like this. This is crazy. What's this? And actually is and then talk to a real prisoner to see the impact it's having on their life Right, dude. You got some curl for us to watch this Trust me when I say it is very hard to get access to do something like this So you're about to see a lot of stuff you've never seen before and that's courtesy of Dave Who's helped to design this prison from the ground up and knows why basically every single decision has been made What we're doing is we're controlling the area by having an airlock here This is the first point of security when you're entering and the last point of security in the airlock. Why? I Mean, I guess I've done enough prison Like documentaries, I guess an airlock could stop like any potential like Breakouts if you were leaving you stay within these striped lines They make sure that you are who you say you are and only one of these two doors is ever open at the same time Every element that we put in prevents escape now as you can look like an airport Probably start to see when you're dealing with a prison you have to think about security on a whole other level So while we've already been through both an ID and biometrics check at the front desk and an airlock chamber There's more have a look in here and you see how the cameras are actually observing you There's one two three four five and you know what the crazy part is in this prison as a whole There are not 50 cameras or a hundred cameras, but 1700 active cameras. Alright, so then we go through the third stage biometric verification fourth stage metal detectors fifth stage A full body search feels more thorough than an airport for sure And you would think after all that that you must be through you would be wrong What I actually found quite interesting here is that the same biometric tech that lets the prison know who's going in and out Is also what's underlying a whole load of other systems. For example, they're issuing of equipment as well radios Cuffs battens parva is done via biometric as well for the staff. That's communicating with the server Yeah, so the server always knows when a piece of equipment is in use. Yeah, there's no high That's good, you know cricket cricket cricket cops and things of that nature And from technologies. This is HMP Fosse. This is in the UK. This is the world's high most high-tech prisoners in the UK And then just before getting out into the main prison compound itself This is the room where every key in the entire facility is stored This room is so high security that you can't see anything We have to blur everything out here because the key design cannot leak and if it does or even if a Single key is so much as misplaced then the entire prison will be considered compromised It would have to be entirely re-locked and that would cost about two million pounds Come on through. What's the beeping? Tell me this door's open Why is it a train? That sounds like a train is coming and I'm not allowed to open that door until I've locked this door So when you open the store that alarm starts beeping that alarm won't stop beeping till that door is locked because there's a sensor on the inside You can't that's annoying Open that door till that stopped beeping and that's shut So this is basically the seventh barrier when you're trying to get from the outside world to the inside world And it's a video call with the front desk You'll start to notice one interesting thing with all of these security measures That it's very much not what you see in the movies like seven separate lines of bodyguards But instead seven very varied security step So security desk airlock chamber Which is wild Almost pointless biometrics. No, it's not pointless. Okay, biometric scanner metal detector body search door lock video call Back to the front desk to make sure that's you Some technological some using physical keys some human control. This is like a real operational prison with real prisoners staying here Okay, keep talking to me. I'm interested here Experiences are to be expected with the plet see I have no issue with it with the with the prison being technologically sound because what the guards may lack in In brain power or or strength the prison could possibly make up for Because I know y'all still understaffed And under qualified some of these prison people for prison cards y'all still get your employees from GameStop and ASDA So it's not I mean all the help y'all can get Oh This is a very low tech part of a otherwise very high prison, but you know cameras cameras That's a very very high steel fence that okay. So have any of y'all ever been to a prison? Hold on. Let's go back. Hold on. Hold on. Time out time out time out time out time out. Wait, where is it? Okay, here it is Dead seven. Okay, so very varied security steps some time. So normally is If there is it I'm trying to sink it. Yes, there's a security desk There is no airlock chamber. This isn't when my stepdad when my mom's ex-husband was in jail. We used to go visit There was security desk no airlock chamber. No biometric scanner There was metal detector There was body search There was door lock no video call And then we went outside right here Technological some using a lot of a otherwise very high-tech prison, but you know cameras cameras That's a very very high steel fence They're built to a technical standard the standards that restipulates through the different categories of prison for levels of security Unmaterials that we use in the build we have to adhere to those so just Hold on. I'm gonna edit this out a brb. I put the screen My bad. My bad. My daughter is She got a cold So she every time she sneezes she called my name I got a little wiper Mother's to clarify there are four security and materials that we're using the build we have to adhere to those So just to clarify there are four different categories of prison in the uk category a is maximum security category b is for prisoners who don't need maximum security But for whom escape is still a risk category c for those who are unlikely to try and escape and then category d Which is basically an open prison any fence that we consider as a risk somebody getting over You'll see a 5.2 meter fences once we get into the prison It's more the general use area the 3.6 meter fences. Is that a mesh? You know, it's look at how crazy once we get into this looks like apartments like in the projects. It's like This looked like caprini green before it got torn down. Let's look like Any project in chicago is what it looked like And jails are modeled after them Says a lot to the prison. It's more the general use area the 3.6 meter fences Is that a national rule? That's our technical standard. Yeah, presumably no one's going to be able to jump something even half the height That height gives you enough time to respond to get stuff here We respond and that height will prevent them from doing anything before we can get here to a certain height on the fence as well You've got this sheeting and you'll see the sheeting is on this side of the fence here Placing this way so it prevents that initial attempted climb as well See and also these are not designed with fingers getting through no the anti-climb fences anti-climb fences And also on all the bolts we have to reduce them to a certain distance so they can't be used as ladders to get up as well That's the type of thing we have to look at when we're doing the build we cut the bolts off So you can't use them as a climb in it. Yeah, your fingers really struggle to get through. Yeah Really difficult. This has been tried tested and it's proven to be a good standard for the service This is a 5.2 meter anti-climb fence Hey, why are you killing them there for? Creasing the hell out of them for the good of a video But you got 17 million subs you can do that and you can go get in the crib And I'm not in the best shape I've been But yeah, there's no way there's no way so after all of those security stages We are in the prison and while the technology here is so advanced There's one common principle that will keep coming up with the way this prison thinks about security your back lines Your kind of final port of call is all manual. Yeah, is there a reason realistically? There's not a lot of risk to it because it's a physical action So we're going to start at the brand new visitor center We'll get to test what happens if you take drugs into the prison experience being locked in an actual prison cell Where the inmates live try out the high tech workshops explore the secret beating heart of the jail the control center And then finally talk one-on-one with the prisoner about their experience here So what you'll see as we walk around we design the prison with fence lines that break up the estate So that we can control access and egress from those So first up the visitor center. So the prisoners come into here. They book in at this desk They're all computerized. It's all on the system who's expected. So you can't just turn up. See I'm having a visit It has to be booked the prisoners book the visit. Yeah, is that on their tablets? That's cool No, sir, I'll be damned if I get copyrighted by there Oh, it's a lot nicer than I was expecting it to be if you have a look over the cameras that are in this place I think even you'll be quite amazed one two every five meters. There's I'm not mad at this This is for the visitors. Okay. This is the visitors hall I almost overreacted because I was looking like bro. What is their color coordinated? It's like better than my living room. My living room got a blow-up mattress in it And a table for my daughter like that's this cap Camera what's going on in there? I knew you're gonna go straight from that purple visits It's called and these are visit booths that people can do at visits online, right? Okay, so this is a well, it's like properly soundproofed So you've got a HP computer here and I'm assuming it's highly regulated what people can actually access on this Absolutely, well, it's well lit and it feels very soundproof So at least you can have the reassurance that the conversation you're having is private At least it is from other inmates. Of course the prison staff they are monitoring every call If for example, you were clear to have a visit with two people So your mother and father if then a child walked in the background it would shut down Wow And it's using AI to make sure that only the people who are meant to be on the call are on the call One of the key tenets of this prison seems to be giving the prisoners the opportunity to still keep in touch with family and friends Because what they found is that offenders who maintain family ties are 39% less likely to re-offend Presumably because their family is a trying to help set them straight And then b because assuming you do manage to keep those connections while you are in prison You're not going to then feel when you come out of prison like the entire rest of your life has disappeared You've still got it together. So this is a virtual courtroom In what situation would you use this when they're not required to attend court in person? It prevents risk. So if a prisoner's not leaving establishment, there's no risk of anything happening while they're out It's also cost effective. It's time efficient as well on staff. It's just a really efficient way to do it Technology is absolutely brilliant. But also There is a place for old ways of working to be honest some things you can't replace It's a great thing to say on a technology channel. Oh, well, well, yeah, and I'm going to show you that with the dogs Yes, he said dogs and we're about to see why even in such a high facility That they're still deciding to use dogs as part of their security arsenal So there's four types of dog There's the passive drug dog the active drug dog the explosives dog and then the attack dog more of a cat guy myself This is a passive drug dog. He's named Harvey when the dog's working. Do not try and stroke him or talk to him High stretch This is uh, not what I thought I'd be doing today Got a hit So obviously a lot of this is very manual right now Is it something that you feel like tech could ever replace not really? No, they have tried in the past child machines that it's kind of been down on you But it's been proved not to be as effective dogs. No, he's 25,000 times stronger now is 25,000 times stronger. Okay. Now the active drug dog. So what is it looking for? Oh illegal substances that prison are not allowed. Oh, he's found something. Good loud Beth Beth So hypothetically that dog could be trained to find my iPhone. Yes Um, I used to have a phone dog phone dogs are trained to find phones batteries and sim cards and that would do a much better job than the app Yes, yeah. All right. Next up is the explosives dog That's probably one of the worst jokes I've ever seen a youtuber make Like in person, you know what I'm saying like not a one tick tock and replay like I'm actually watching the video and that joke was terrible Because find my iPhone works pretty good in my opinion Straight to the corner she found her already Yeah Good girl Her core instinct is certain. So even if she's out walking she's still searching away Crazy the extent to which dogs can train the dogs. I know and not like this and then the fourth and final This dog no one's allowed to interact with them. You're not allowed to get within eight foot of them No one asked for half anyone minimum of eight foot gap is for what exactly safety reasons. Okay, and to the lead This is the most dangerous dog. This is the most force that can be inflicted Right, so just to be clear this dog can inflict the most force that can be inflicted and I should be eight feet away That's nice. So eight foot gap at all times At a minimum, I feel like I don't quite have that now. Is there any tech involved in this this process? Or is it very much like manual human and dog? Yeah, very much human. Yeah, I don't I'm not even gonna lie, bro. I would not trust this You're too close and you can't get away because I seen I seen the bend you put on them air force ones It'll be too tough on them I don't know no sir No way I asked that question It's quite hard to think straight when there's an attack dog directly locking eyes with you I'm gonna you're gonna spark this one up. Sorry. When you say spark it up, what do you mean? Are they quick trainers? How quickly can you get over that fence Aaron? I've tried already it didn't work very well So the eight sleep is a pod cover that It's on a map. That was awkward. I ain't even gonna lie to you like That was an awkward He looks agitated Okay So this is a triggered dog in action And it's trained to basically run after him and fight him and you just bring that dog on and the prisoner's back off Yeah, every one of us as you did. Yeah, as I did So your plan is usually to take the dog out let it bark a few times dissolve the situation We don't go out with the intention of setting the dog on someone. Absolutely But there's one more part to this whole incident response It's if something breaks out what you don't want to do is to just rush a staff member in there to try and fix it Because they could put themselves in harm's way. So there's also a drone The drone is going to be thrown up into the air Scope the area from above to make sure the situation is what we think it is. So you're using a dji Mavic Mavic 3t. I guess that's smart. That's smart. They're using their birthday. How much are you paying the people who work here? This gotta like everybody has to get a good paycheck here Because they're trained and stuff that other people officers are not trained in that regular prison And what's the reason you've gone for this one? We change over to dji because they're a lot more flexible A lot easier to put up a lot quicker for response. This is an enterprise edition of the drone What is different about the enterprise edition? We've got thermal cameras on this for obviously the night incidents with this system now Because dji is very Piable with the system we use we can data transmit live imagery now to our gold command So during an incident they get live updated imagery of what's going on The drone can obviously follow the prison around it'll also put out any points that are vulnerable to it Allow it to put containment lines in to keep the prisoner in one area rather than have the full flexibility We're up and going in in about 30 seconds while the drone's up the second colleague of them be Data transmitting the imagery through to headquarters assume the entire prison complex is designed in a way that from this bird's eye view point You can see everything. Yes We can use this collaboration with our dog teams for searching for a prisoner if they've escaped So we'd be the air support looking ahead of the staff and then we could guide them in and locate them into anything we find In a ways, so they don't even need the chopper no more They didn't took the police chopper out of policing with drones Especially kind of reassuring for the consumer That even in an industry where it's so so important to have the absolute best that they're still using consumer grade year In a sense the tracking features of that dji drone. That's good enough to track and escape prisoner All right, so this is my response vehicle here So we're going to the house block dude is not funny. Like what is this the joker of the like I mean, I guess it's cool to be like Jokey-jokey-hee-hee-ha-ha-ha, but if you're not funny, just hang it up So we're going to the house blocks now So this is actually where the prisoners themselves are staying and after that we're going to talk to one everybody's Inception of a prisoner's bars, isn't it and you can see the barless windows and when you say barless windows You mean I guess No metal bars. Yeah, it's glass. I'm assuming there's a lot that's gone into the actual material as well to make sure No one can oh, yes. Yeah. Oh, yes We build two technical standards and the technical standard for this is they have to be attack resistance for 90 minutes We did testing on these and we used their national resources to do it So they attack the window with anything we can find in the area what we'd expect to find We get one person to attack it for 30 seconds and stop stop watch and then we put someone else in as well We do it for 90 minute period which takes six hours to do that's That's a good testing They switch out somebody every 30 seconds. So they got the maximum strength that they could have Because you know some of these prisoners just all they do is program all day program is lift weights, you know what I'm saying get fit shadow bombs like they big and Okay Nominal the barless window is not about preventing the air coming in It's about not preventing that view which then refocuses the brain really Okay, now on to the inside where you're greeted with the hallways Which is where the routine medication is stored for all the inmates now that we're coming into the new world and getting with technology We've got this great piece of equipment. So that is biomedic. So they scan their finger and their specific medication will become available So they'll be in one of these lockers So where we have put bars and where we believe there's a need for bars We've put the bars horizontally and that's because they look like blinds rather than bars That's a specific decision you made for the psychological well-being of people Absolutely. Notice you've got another big green button here. Yeah, don't touch it Wait, they're all all over the place. Those are all emergency buttons. Yeah, and you need one there as well as there They're put in areas of risk. Is there a reason this is held open right now? Yep Because you're not allowed to see the workings of a lock a door is either locked Or it's in what we call a lock back why we're not using biometrics for this You'd have to look at the expense of the what happens if they fail And then just before the cells there is a recreational area as you can see This is a nice pool table. It's nicer than some of the pool halls I'll be Going to sometimes not a lot anymore. See, I mean it's pleasant, but it is what it is Are they free to use this at all times? No, absolutely not They're expected to go to work or education during the day So just notice the entire building is an x is very specific to the shape of an x Something to do with being able to see from all angles what's happening You're absolutely spot on if you were to sit there you've got a field of vision where you can see down all landlid Loads of sound dampening. Yeah, acoustic tiles. It creates a calmer environment, doesn't it? So we need people to be able to speak to people at a certain level which keeps that calmness We're the default talking. Okay, so I thought this was just going to be like, okay We're super technological for the staff, but they even got it implemented for like the prisoners as well The prisoners is benefiting on this too. What type of prisoner do you have to be to make it here? Like you just can't go commit a crime and be sent here. You got to be you got to be Like an outstanding prisoner, you know, the volume is talking volume. Yeah, it was very calm space Let's go see a cell. I wasn't really sure what to expect here. All right, so you've got There's a bed There's a bed frame. There's a phone here. Who can they call with this? So it could be family members any individual they can put in a real risk assessment and we bet who they allow to call They then go to work to education and the finance phone in the room Just to pay for the focus It seems like one of the big questions this prison is trying to answer is How do you keep someone away from normal society for many years? But not let them forget how that society works And so a common theme here is there are plenty of opportunities to learn to grow to improve to keep in touch with your family So long as the prisoner also puts the effort in from their end And the idea of that is to get them ready for normal life again when they're out on the other end So you've got a monitor keyboard mouse. There's actually a mini pc strapped to the back They can book metal appointments. They can do open university as well. Wow. So that's crazy So I'm not gonna lie. If the hub is not available, I'd be in university all day You know what I'm saying? What else is there to do? But do push-ups do apply what is it plyometrics and In learning right? Part of the equipment is obviously very inexpensive very simple keyboard and mouse But I guess the idea is function without wasting Look at the mouse though. Why do they have this? I think it's an elite type mouse like don't gamers use this mouse Cash you've got the television that runs through this as well They've got like access to watch hammers. It's the bare minimum that we would expect to see You've got the glass with just the strength and glass and you've got a polycarbonate Outer on there so to kind of create a lock and that's the way they get the 90 minute attack resistance And I guess what that means is if a prisoner went rogue and used every bit of equipment available to them in their cell And attacked that for 90 minutes straight. It's been tested to resist that So we even test with a toilet and a sink as well But we know we threw that as well We threw that as well. Who would they call with this? Some staff not to deliver toilet roads because I run out of toilet and that was almost funny But it's just like when he said it it became instantly not funny. The rule is for um medical emergencies or somebody in crisis When the other guy the cameraman said it was okay. I got a little smirk but as soon as he said it it was like Okay, so I am the cell alone This is what it would be like I mean it's still it's a prison. It feels like a prison But there are some you know, really thoughtful quality of life features. I guess like the fact that we actually have a window here Instead of bars, obviously there isn't much to do here But the main focus will most likely be the computer So using it for education and then using it for entertainment because it's it's got a tv box attached to it too That's the shower Got the drain you got the toilet sink and a little ledge here So that's the cells now for the workshops where the prisoners would go to skill up And the idea is the prison has contacted a whole load of partner companies who work in the local area And they've said come in teach prisoners who are on their final stretch the skills they need So that they can actually have employment ready for them when they get out the prison So this is the industries building. We're about to see a digger Nobody's like be realistic. It's hard to get a job as an ex-con This is basically a full recreation of the inside of a cat digger So it's made by the actual company. You've got a seat. You've got all the controls You've got a meta quest headset and then three 40 inch or so screens So let's take this for a spin. It feels like the real deal There's even like resistance on these joysticks So this is basically like they've taken the entire internals and electronics of a real cat digger Gutted them and stuck them in this room and with the screen in front. Oh, yeah, there we go. That's me Oh my goodness. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Oh, it really feels like I'm in Like the seats vibrating. I'm feeling the engine and that actually changes the vibrate Because construction is one of the jobs that they can get in You know, I'm saying because a lot of constructions be construction firms or whatever be privately owned and It's a possibility missions in the sea. That's phenomenal. I got it. I got it It's got all the physics that you would experience in a real machine So, yeah, this is not a toy This is an actually licensed simulator meaning that prisoners aren't using it to fool around They'll be using it to get real qualifications to be able to leave these four walls with Prospects and walking through the rest of this building. I couldn't believe how many of these workshops there were We saw music workshops barber work That's where my L20 that's where everybody be recording workshops even classes that teach prisoners how to make the optics that go into glasses Okay, time to head to the very heart of the operation How is it that we have an electronic lock when we're already inside a six-step secured facility? It's a brilliant question. And the reason we've got this is this area is critical So what we've got is the commander suite and we've got the control room So this is a restricted area where you have limited access even for the staff that work here And it's also again what we call a bit of a citadel. You can't afford to lose this area This is where the cameras are operated where the biometrics are processed where the harbor the security is So you can see why it's heavily guarded. This is the nerve center Yeah, absolutely. So this is a very real operational control room of the entire prison. It's where the 1700 cameras are controlled from But how it's an intelligent system that's used by the operator And they program it to remove the cameras and the cameras come up on screen Where they need them at whatever time of day they're required So when someone comes into this facility, you'll tell them like look the 1700 cameras here And it's recording all the time. Yeah, absolutely And now that's done. Let's find out how all this stuff has played into the experiences of someone actually serving their sentence here Where are you roughly in your sentence? I've got four years left and I've done best parts of years And how are you feeling about this place as a whole? It's not what I imagined. It's far better than what I imagined I've done English in education. The education department was great And when you say you've done English, so is someone here like teaching it? Yeah, someone's teaching English. Yes, and that's an actual qualification that you can do Yeah, it's an actual qualification. Yeah, right, right. What about contact with the outside world? Do you feel like you're able to keep in touch? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah You've got email a prisoner family friends can email me. They can send me photos. I can't send photos back for obvious reasons Yeah, and you can eat. What do you like? What's your email address? First last name at HMP What is the HMP floss? Loss? Loss? Email a long essay if you like. If someone subscribes to Unify Messenger, which is a secure messenger service On your Intel computer and your CMS, you can send back and forth text messages, instant messages, just like you could on WhatsApp One of the things I imagined would be quite difficult to be completely without a phone, without the internet If you think of something, you can't just, ah, I'll just Google it. It's completely taken away from you So that is hard. So it's been years since you've actually been able to Google something It's been almost two years, yeah If I want a phone, I have to ring my door so I can ring my sister or someone and I do it for me Do you wish you had more to do? I feel like there's plenty to do. I don't feel bored at all I like to learn Spanish. I've gone on to just translating on the computer. So that is actually the internet So you and yourself, when they kind of, you know, lock you in, you're learning Spanish in that time? Yeah, yeah, I'm learning Spanish, yeah Do you really take this as an opportunity to just scale up? 100%, yeah, yeah. There's actually not enough time to do everything that I want to do You've seen a lot of things here that I didn't expect to and I've learned a lot more than I expected to So I hope you felt the same and uh I did not feel the same. Actually, I did, man. This is, this What, how much did they say this prison would cost? I know they said if one key gets lost, they gotta redo all the keys and that alone is two million That's tough Don't y'all gonna get them locked up to be in here, man, because I know how y'all be, man With the mallaws out there in the UK. Anyway, tell or leave a like, comment, subscribe, turn on the post. I'm gone