Almost everyone who knows what they are talking about says "what on earth do politicians think they are doing? A tiny part of the problem, inflated by the media because it's a good story, gets attention whilst the huge elephant in the room - half the inmates should not be there - gets ignored. Free innocent and expired sentence prisoners, take on more staff, increase budgets - don't waste time on a miniature and easy solved situation".

Diverts from the corrupt members of the prison service who daily take in contraband be it drugs phones and even sweets no available to inmates on their canteen.
The drone thing is minimal compared to the corrupt staff.