Get prisoners off drugs? Don’t be so silly
By pushing methadone to inmates, the State has become the dealer-in-chief in Britain’s jails
Naive people — by which I mean most of us — struggle with the idea that prisons are awash with drugs. We struggle even more with the notion that within prisons street drugs are now topped up with the heroin substitute methadone, administered by the State along with the porridge.
Call us stupid, but we can’t quite grasp how illegal drugs can circulate within the most controlled environment in the country. Nor can we understand precisely why the authorities have taken on the role of drug-dealer-in-chief, rather than regarding a spell in jail as an ideal opportunity to wean people off drugs. But, like I say, we’re deeply naive.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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