In this episode, we meet with Prof Susanne MacGregor and Prof Karen Duke to explore the issues surrounding drug use in prisons. They discuss the ways vulnerable inmates can be targeted by gangs, as well as how various aspects of the prison environment can increase the potential harms of psychoactive substances.
The risk matrix: Drug-related deaths in prisons in England and Wales, 2015–2020
Producing the ‘problem’ of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in English prisons
‘Keeping a lid on it’: Exploring ‘problematisations’ of prescribed medication in prisons in the UK
'Risk, Intoxication and Death: contemporary media framings of drug-related deaths
ACMD report: ageing cohort of drug users
Rory Stewart 10 Prisons Project
Antisocial personality disorder
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