editorial comment I am not sure why governments think they can win a war on drugs when they are not even able to contain it in jail.....

Senior police officers are urging the government to do more to cut the amount of illegal drugs smuggled into prisons.
Nottinghamshire Deputy Chief Constable Howard Roberts has told the Home Office that chances to change inmates' lifestyles are being missed.

One dealer told a recent conference of police chiefs that he became addicted to heroin while inside.

The Home Office target of only 10% positive drug tests among inmates has not been met for the past two years.

Mr Roberts has commended to ministers the work of a prison governor in his area who has achieved dramatic cuts in the number of positive tests.

The Home Office says it is totally committed to reducing the supply of illicit drugs in jails.

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