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| Goldie calls for jail drug tests | Goldie calls for jail drug tests |
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| Drug tests should be mandatory for new prisoners and all inmates should be tested regularly, according to the leader of the Scottish Conservatives. | |
| Annabel Goldie is to tell Conservative election candidates later that there should a "carrot and stick" approach to drugs in jails. | |
| She will say there should be privileges for those who stay clean and sanctions for prisoners who fail drug tests. | She will say there should be privileges for those who stay clean and sanctions for prisoners who fail drug tests. |
| Anyone supplying drugs to prisoners should also be punished, she will say. | Anyone supplying drugs to prisoners should also be punished, she will say. |
| The West of Scotland region MSP will call for visiting rights to be withdrawn in such cases and for criminal charges to be brought. | The West of Scotland region MSP will call for visiting rights to be withdrawn in such cases and for criminal charges to be brought. |
| Zero tolerance | Zero tolerance |
| The party would also consider making prison visits take place behind glass screens to prevent drugs from being passed over. | The party would also consider making prison visits take place behind glass screens to prevent drugs from being passed over. |
| "If we cannot adopt a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prisons, then there is no hope of winning the war," she will say. | "If we cannot adopt a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prisons, then there is no hope of winning the war," she will say. |
| She will also call for "proactive" rehabilitation programmes that work with addicts before and after release. | She will also call for "proactive" rehabilitation programmes that work with addicts before and after release. |
| "The benefits to society will be great if we find the political will to take this task on," she will tell candidates. | "The benefits to society will be great if we find the political will to take this task on," she will tell candidates. |
| "It will be good for addicts, good for their families and good for society as a whole because so much crime in Scotland is fuelled by drugs." | "It will be good for addicts, good for their families and good for society as a whole because so much crime in Scotland is fuelled by drugs." |