BBC News - Mobile phones smuggled into Teeside jail: "prison staff seized 79 mobiles at Stockton's Holme House last year.
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) said the number of phones found reflected staff's success in finding them.
Holme House staff also seized small amounts of illegal drugs and home-brewed alcohol.
Geoff Dobson, deputy director of the Prison Reform Trust, which campaigns for major change in the penal system, blamed overcrowded prisons and the difficulties in policing them.
He said: 'This is not particular to Holme House, it is across much of the estate. And it does allow for intimidating witnesses, organising criminal activities from inside prison and arranging drug drops.
'It is very difficult in an over-crowded prison system. I think that is much of the problem with large local jails, it is very hard to police them adequately"
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