CUT PRISON DRUGS, MINISTERS URGED

Society Is Losing Chances To Make Society Drug-free, Says One

Senior police officers are urging the government to do more to cut the
amount of illegal drugs smuggled into prisons.

Nottinghamshire Deputy Chief Constable Howard Roberts has told the Home
Office that chances to change inmates' lifestyles are being missed.

One dealer told a recent conference of police chiefs that he became
addicted to heroin while inside.

The Home Office target of only 10% positive drug tests among inmates has
not been met for the past two years.

Mr Roberts has commended to ministers the work of a prison governor in his
area who has achieved dramatic cuts in the number of positive tests.

The Home Office says it is totally committed to reducing the supply of
illicit drugs in jails.