Prisons struggle to battle rapidly changing drug threats
by Martin Blades | 4 February 2026
The prison and health services are facing substantial, increasing and rapidly changing threats from illicit drugs in prisons, including the rising prevalence of synthetic drugs and the use of drones – in April 2025 approximately 40,000 people in prisons in England and Wales (50%) had an identified drug problem. HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) […]
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