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drugs

February 8, 2018

HMP Lindholme inspection report: too many drugs and too much violence

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has questioned whether HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire is a suitable place to hold high numbers of prisoners with organised crime connections.
January 21, 2018

HMP Liverpool 'an abject failure by leaders to provide a safe and decent jail'

Prison leaders, from local to national, presided over an “abject failure” to provide a safe, decent and purposeful regime at HMP Liverpool, according to Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.
January 11, 2018

Iran removes death penalty for some drugs offences

Amnesty International has welcomed Iran's removal of the death penalty for some drug offences, but hopes it will eventually be abolished for all offences.
January 5, 2018

'Inexcusable failure to address suicides and self-harm' in HMP Swansea

HMP Swansea had a ‘complacent and inexcusable’ approach to the safety of vulnerable prisoners, failing to respond effectively to high levels of self-harm and suicides of new prisoners, HM Inspectorate of Prisons found.
December 28, 2017

England’s local authorities 'failing to act' as opioid deaths soar

Opioid-related deaths are at a record high in England, but local authorities are failing to provide a life-saving medication which is cheap and has no potential for misuse.
November 28, 2017

Children's Society responds to report on 'county lines' exploitation

The National Crime Agency has published a report on the drug dealing model known as County Lines, which involves networks from urban centres expanding their drug dealing activities into smaller towns and rural areas, often exploiting young or otherwise vulnerable people to do so.
November 20, 2017

Bereaved families lobby Prime Minister for decriminalisation and regulation of drugs

Parents who have lost children to illegal drugs are calling for the government to take control of the drugs market through legal regulation.
November 11, 2017

Drug seizures 'a minor business cost for organised crime'

The only way to take the market from criminals is to put governments in control by legally regulating drugs, says Transform Drug Policy Foundation.
October 25, 2017

Drug companies 'making a killing' from publicly-funded research

A new report highlights the level of UK public money used to develop new drugs, with two out of five of the NHS’s most expensive drugs developed using substantial public money.
July 18, 2017

Prison reform impossible until jails become safer, says Chief Inspector

Prison reform will not succeed unless the violence and prevalence of drugs in jail are addressed and prisoners are unlocked for more of the working day, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published his second annual report, for 2016-17.