Prison service chief facing eight years in prison

The head of the Czech Republic’s Prison Service Luděk Kula is facing eight years in jail for a failed tender for mobile phone jammers, the news website Novinky.cz reported on Thursday. The police have accused Mr Kula of breach of trust. In 2005 and 2006, the Prison Office spent almost 20 million crowns, or more than 1.3 million U.S. dollars, on mobile phone jammers for Czech penitentiaries. Some of the equipment was purchased without any public tenders and was later discovered to be faulty. Mr Kula said he would file a complaint against the accusation.

Author: Jan Richter