Prisons: Drugs

(asked on 5th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has commissioned research into the effects of second-hand intoxication of prison staff by new psychoactive substances; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Robert Buckland
This question was answered on 13th June 2019

Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service has commenced research into the effects of second-hand exposure of prison staff to psychoactive substances. Initial research is focused on post-exposure testing of staff across ten prisons and it has been agreed that the testing programme will be expanded to include a further 10 prisons.

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