23 min

Can we get drugs out of prisons‪?‬ The Inquiry

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Keeping drugs out of prisons seems like an impossible task. Tanya Beckett asks four experts if it can be done and how prisoners can be helped to overcome their addictions.
Contributors:
Stuart J. Cole, drug and alcohol worker, author “Two Years”
Martin Horn, former Secretary of Corrections, Pennsylvania
Heidi Bottolfs, Department Director, Norwegian Correctional Service
Dr Ximene Rego, Researcher, School of Law, University of Minho, Portugal
Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Researcher: Chris Blake
Producer: Sheila Cook
(Image: Drug dealer and an addict exchanging drugs and money at the jail: Getty/Manuel-F-O)

Keeping drugs out of prisons seems like an impossible task. Tanya Beckett asks four experts if it can be done and how prisoners can be helped to overcome their addictions.
Contributors:
Stuart J. Cole, drug and alcohol worker, author “Two Years”
Martin Horn, former Secretary of Corrections, Pennsylvania
Heidi Bottolfs, Department Director, Norwegian Correctional Service
Dr Ximene Rego, Researcher, School of Law, University of Minho, Portugal
Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Researcher: Chris Blake
Producer: Sheila Cook
(Image: Drug dealer and an addict exchanging drugs and money at the jail: Getty/Manuel-F-O)

23 min

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