Exploring prison drug use in the context of prison-based drug rehabilitation

Drug Abuse Treatment Beyond Prison Walls

The period surrounding release from prison is a critical time for parolees, bearing the potential for a drug-free and crime-free life in the community but also high risks for recidivism and relapse to drugs. The authors describe two projects. The first illustrates the use of a formal Delphi process to elicit and combine the expertise of treatment providers, researchers, corrections personnel, a...

TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis in London: the importance of homelessness, problem drug use and prison

Background: The control of tuberculosis (TB) is founded on early case detection and complete treatment of disease. In the UK, TB is concentrated in subgroups of the population in large urban centres. The impact of homelessness, imprisonment and problem drug use on TB control in London is reviewed. Methods: A cohort study was undertaken of all patients with TB in Greater London to determine the ...

Tuberculosis in London: the importance of homelessness, problem drug use and prison.

BACKGROUND The control of tuberculosis (TB) is founded on early case detection and complete treatment of disease. In the UK, TB is concentrated in subgroups of the population in large urban centres. The impact of homelessness, imprisonment and problem drug use on TB control in London is reviewed. METHODS A cohort study was undertaken of all patients with TB in Greater London to determine the ...

Risk behaviours for HIV infection among drug users in prison.

OBJECTIVE To study a group of injecting drug users to establish the degree of illicit drug use in prisons, the prevalence of risk behaviours for HIV infection, and the uptake of treatment for drug dependency with drugs within the prison system. DESIGN Anonymous, self administered, questionnaire. SETTING Two drug agencies in central London; one operating a scheme for exchanging needles, and ...

The Working Lives of Prison Managers: Exploring agency and structure in the late modern prison