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‘Culture of acceptance’ over drugs in jails
Western Daily Press
|October 31, 2025
THERE is a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken over the “endemic levels” of drugs in prisons that endanger lives, a committee of MPs has warned. Some 39% of prisoners find it easy to get drugs - and the use and trade of drugs are crippling the HM Prisons and Probation Service's ability to keep control and rehabilitate offenders, according to the Justice Committee.
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A report to be published today warns of the “unacceptable” human cost from the crisis, with 16% of 833 deaths investigated between December 2022 to 2024 being determined as drugs-related by the Prisons Ombudsman.
This story is from the October 31, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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