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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. | 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 told Conservative election candidates at a meeting on Sunday that there should be a "carrot and stick" approach to drugs in jails. | |
She said 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 added. | |
The West of Scotland region MSP called for visiting rights to be withdrawn in such cases and for criminal charges to be brought.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 said. | |
She also called 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 told 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." |