{"id":84194,"date":"2017-09-11T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0131e8c58dd196b4bf56e20bdf0d5065"},"modified":"2017-09-11T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:00:26","slug":"news-story-improving-prison-detection-systems-apply-for-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=84194","title":{"rendered":"News story: Improving prison detection systems: apply for contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/ministry-of-justice\">Ministry of Justice<\/a> has up to \u00a3950,000 to invest in innovative projects that help to tackle the presence of drugs, drones and mobile phones in UK prisons.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"innovative-ways-of-detecting-contraband\">Innovative ways of detecting contraband<\/h2>\n<p>The presence of contraband and illegal items in prison is a major issue that has been regularly highlighted in the media.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Ministry of Justice is seeking projects that can demonstrate innovative ways of detecting at least one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mobile phones and SIM cards, including phones with very low metal content<\/li>\n<li>illegal substances, particularly in very small quantities<\/li>\n<li>other contraband, including tobacco, alcohol, weapons and explosives<\/li>\n<li>drones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Projects must aim to detect contraband in one or more of a number of circumstances including on people, concealed inside the body, in bags, in buildings, at entry and exit points, in vehicles, and in open areas.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-2-phase-opportunity\">A 2-phase opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>Funding for projects is under SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) and will be in 2 phases.<\/p>\n<p>Phase 1 will allow a number of organisations to develop and explain concepts. The best ideas will receive funding in phase 2 to develop them into a working prototype.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Find out more about how SBRI works<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition opens on 18 September 2017, and the deadline is at midday on 1 November 2017<\/li>\n<li>up to \u00a3500,000 is available for phase 1 projects. These should have costs of up to \u00a350,000 and last 4 to 6 months<\/li>\n<li>up to \u00a3450,000 is available to develop the best ideas from phase 1 into working prototypes<\/li>\n<li>any organisation that can demonstrate a route to market for its idea, working alone or in partnership with others, may apply<\/li>\n<li>successful projects will attract 100% funded development contracts<\/li>\n<li>a briefing event will be held in October<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk\/competition\/66\/overview\">Apply into this competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can apply for a share of \u00a3950,000 for projects to improve detection of mobiles, drugs, drones and other contraband in prisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}