High concentrations of users in prison

Prisons have exceptionally high concentrations of problematic drug users, with estimates suggesting  that around 80 per cent of people going into prison have used drugs and around 55 per cent are problem drug users.

Answer to Parliamentary Question, 19 July 2006.
RELATED ARTICLESExplain
Drugs Policy in the UK
What drugs policy measures are open to the UK?
Emphasize health and social dimensions
Make drug treatment more intelligent
Improved treatment in prisons
High concentrations of users in prison
39,000 problem drug users in prison
High concentration creates opportunity
Prison failings undermine wider strategy
DOH guidance on treatment in prisons
Graph of this discussion
Enter the title of your article


Enter a short (max 500 characters) summation of your article
Enter the main body of your article
Lock
+Comments (0)
+Citations (0)
+About
Enter comment

Select article text to quote
welcome text

First name   Last name 

Email

Skip