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Home Affairs - Fifth Report

Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 November 1999.


CONTENTS


TERMS OF REFERENCE

REPORT

A: INTRODUCTION

Reasons for the inquiry

Conduct of the inquiry

B: THE IMPORTANCE OF TACKLING DRUGS IN PRISONS

Reducing the use of drugs in society as a whole

Problems created by drug use within prison

C: THE PRISON SERVICE DRUG STRATEGY

The overall strategy

Context: mental health problems and alcohol abuse

Context: the state of the prisons

Context: the demands made on drug treatment agencies and providers

D: REDUCING THE SUPPLY OF DRUGS

Methods and rate of entry of drugs into prisons

Disrupting drug dealers

Prison staff

Measures to improve security

New controls and sanctions

E: DRUG USE IN PRISONS: LEVELS AND DISCIPLINARY RESPONSE

F: TREATMENT PLANS UNDER THE NEW STRATEGY

G: CONCLUSION

List of abbreviations

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF UNPRINTED MEMORANDA

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (Volume II)
    TUESDAY 30 MARCH 1999
    TUESDAY 4 MAY 1999
    TUESDAY 22 JUNE 1999
    TUESDAY 29 JUNE 1999
    TUESDAY 13 JULY 1999
    TUESDAY 20 JULY 1999

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (Volume II)


 
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