Prisons 'playing catch-up to psychoactive drug use' says minister

Rory Stewart says drugs such as spice are fuelling endemic rise in prison violence The prisons system was unprepared for the arrival of new psychoactive drugs like spice and has been playing “catch-up” ever since, the prisons minister Rory Stewart has said.Speaking half a year after vowing to resign if violence at 10 of the worst prisons did not fall, he said governors had told him significant progress had been made, though official data will not be available until April. Continue reading…
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