He explained that jails were failing to crack down on inmates obtaining illicit items through drone deliveries at night because UK's prison bosses were 'not up for the fight.'
Prison Officers will meet the justice secretary on Wednesday to demand staff are provided with Tasers following an attack from Hashem Abedi on three officers.
The meeting comes after guards at HMP Frankland in County Durham were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons by Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi.