It’s been hard to miss recent media attention given to the problem of drugs within our corrections system. Keriata Stuart outlines some of these problems and what the Drug Foundation believes are ‘best buys’ in addressing them.
This was one description of current political hits scored against the Corrections Minister and his department. Some of the problems exposed have been serious, such as staff smuggling contraband.
On July 4 2005, the New Zealand Drug Foundation hosted a national workshop, Reducing crime through best practice on alcohol and other drugs in prison settings, at Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand, in Wellington.
