The Blakey Review: Disrupting The Supply Of Illegal Drugs Into Prisons

This is a one person review of how illicit drugs get into prisons and what can be done about it. Drugs get in: • With visitors • ‘Over the wall’ • In the post and parcels • Brought in by prisoners • Through corrupt staff Disrupting one route raises the use of the others; Rehabilitation and detoxification schemes are undermined by illicit drugs; Prison drug strategies should cover both disruption and Rehabilitation, and be managed by a nominated Governor.