Mandatory drug tests in prisons

Drug Testing in Prisons

REASONS GIVEN IN DEFENCE OF TESTING The reasons most frequently given for instituting random drug testing programmes are based on the argument that it is a good tool for controlling drug problems because it offers inmates a valid excuse to avoid either drug use or participation in drug trafficking, and it assists in protecting inmates' access to programmes and transfers to lower security prison...

Drug abuse treatment in prisons and jails.

Acknowledging the fact that the criminal justice system is currently awash with drug abusers and that prison drug abuse treatment has had a varied history in the United States, this article explores possible directions for the future of drug abuse treatment in prisons and jails. The current status of drug abuse treatment is reviewed, and selected treatment approaches are high-lighted. In additi...

Drug treatment and harm reduction in prisons

Key points • Estimates suggest that half the prisoners in the EU have a history of drug use, many with problematic injecting drug use. • Drug use is one of the main problems facing prison systems. It threatens security, dominates relationships between prisoners and staff and leads to violence, bullying and mobbing for both prisoners and often their spouses and friends in the community. • The pr...

Drug resistant tuberculosis in prisons in Azerbaijan: case study.

OBJECTIVES To document the existence of drug resistance in a tuberculosis treatment programme that adheres strictly to the DOTS principles (directly observed treatment, short course) and to determine the extent of drug resistance in a prison setting in one of the republics of the former Soviet Union. DESIGN Case study. SETTING Central Penitentiary Hospital in Baku, the referral centre for t...

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