The Ministry of Defence computers were hacked by an Eastern European criminal and used to ship a ton of heroin and ketamine to Britain, according to reports.
It's understood the gang were given the computers under a taxpayer-funded scheme meant to help them prepare for legal cases.
But a coded memory stick smuggled into the jail by one of their girlfriends allegedly helped them disable the security features.
They then chatted to overseas contacts – who reportedly placed the illegal drugs on shipping containers travelling from Asia to Britain.
The kingpins also allegedly paid a "fixer" more than £1million to get himself convicted of fraud and sent to their prison to oversee the operation.
And a corrupt officer at Wandsworth Prison in London even helped the gang by giving them a phone, according to the Independent.
A prison spokesman said: "Prisons are required to provide secure laptops to a minority of offenders facing trial so they can view legal material relating to their case.
"The computers do not enable prisoners to access any other part of the National Offender Management Service system and internet access is disabled.
"We will always take action against those attempting to break the rules and offenders face prosecution if they use equipment inappropriately."
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