Senior Lecturer Criminology, The Open University
I am a prison researcher, activist and philosopher. I am author of eight books on prisons and punishment
Why there is such an enormous demand for drugs in UK prisons
Feb 15, 2017 08:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The BBCs Panorama documentary on HMP Northumberland recently put the problem of drug taking in prisons firmly under the spotlight. The terrible harms that psychoactive drugs create for both prisoners and prison officers...
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