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Novel Apparatus and Method for Drug Reinforcement
Published on: August 21, 2010
Prisoners' views about the drugs problem in prisons, and the new Prison Service drug strategy
S M Gore1, A G Bird, J Cassidy
1MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site. sheila.gore@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Abstract:
Three hundred and seventy-five out of 575 prisoners (222/299 drug users and 153/267 non-users) who responded to a self-completion health care questionnaire at two prisons in 1997 commented on drugs in prisons. One hundred and forty-eight out of 176 responses expressed negative opinions about mandatory drugs testing (MDT), and 107 said that MDT promoted switching to or increased use of heroin/hard drugs'. Sixty-two prisoners suggested that more help/counselling was needed for drug users, 52 segregation of drug users/drug-free wings, and 50 more security on visits/in corridors after medication. The new Prison Service drug strategy has revised random MDT. It targets those who supply drugs, and supports those who want to stop using drugs, and accords with prisoners' views about the heroin problem in prisons.
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