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Drug Use and Scottish Prisons: Full Report

NCJ Number
149292
Author(s)
D Shewan; M Gemmell; J B Davies
Date Published
1994
Length
175 pages
Annotation
This report examines the extent of drug use within the Scottish prison population, and how the presence of a high proportion of drug users among inmates has affected prison regimes.
Abstract
Data were collected from interviews with 234 prisoners from four Scottish adult male prisons. Following a description of the participants' security status, prison career, personal details, and drug using characteristics, the report discusses in detail the prisoners' past drug use, imprisonment as a factor in introducing people to drug use, participants' regular drug use in the community, and their drug use during current sentence. The next chapter discusses the practice of sharing drug-injecting equipment within prison. Results of reliability studies are presented. Another chapter provides case study data of HIV-positive prisoners. The remainder of the report discusses service provisions for drug users in the Scottish prison system, the prison staff perspective, and the objective data collected from prison records. 1 appendix