Drone Delivers McNuggets to Canada's Most Secure Prison, Becoming First Package in the Country to Arrive Still Warm
According to the correctional officers' union, drones have been flying McNuggets and alcohol into Canada's most secure prison. The facility is built to hold the country's highest-risk offenders behind several layers of fencing, cameras and procedure. It turns out none of that was designed to stop a Happy Meal.
The union called it a serious security failure, and it is. It also raises an awkward question for the rest of the country. A remote-controlled aircraft can apparently get chicken across a perimeter at maximum security faster than most Canadians can get a passport renewal through the mail.
Correctional Service Canada says it takes the matter seriously and is reviewing its counter-drone measures. In practice, that means a working group will meet to set the terms of reference for a future working group, which will recommend a procurement process for netting. The netting should arrive sometime after the drones have become obsolete.
Inmates, through channels that are presumably also airborne, have reportedly not complained about delivery times. Sauce selection is another matter.
Critics are calling the operation brazen. Logistics experts call it the best last-kilometre delivery network in the country. It has no depot, no strike notice and no little slip on the door saying they tried while you were home.
At last report, investigators were trying to identify the pilots. So was Canada Post, which wants to know if they're hiring.