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| Inmates may get drug-taking kits | Inmates may get drug-taking kits |
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| Aberdeen's Craiginches prison could soon pilot the UK's first needle exchange scheme for jails. | Aberdeen's Craiginches prison could soon pilot the UK's first needle exchange scheme for jails. |
| The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is considering introducing the programme early next year in a bid to prevent the spread of disease. | The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is considering introducing the programme early next year in a bid to prevent the spread of disease. |
| Drug taking among prisoners can spread diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV. | Drug taking among prisoners can spread diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV. |
| As well as exchanges, kits could include swabs, filters and a sharps disposal box. Similar schemes already operate in many other countries. | |
| We should be helping prisoners get off drugs, rather than help them take them Annabel GoldieScottish Conservative leader | We should be helping prisoners get off drugs, rather than help them take them Annabel GoldieScottish Conservative leader |
| An SPS spokesman said: "If you look at prisoner surveys some say they have shared needles in prison. | An SPS spokesman said: "If you look at prisoner surveys some say they have shared needles in prison. |
| "There will always be people who continue to take drugs in prison. | "There will always be people who continue to take drugs in prison. |
| 'Damage limitation' | 'Damage limitation' |
| "If you're not going to change that behaviour and have people who are going to do this, we have a responsibility to them and to make sure that our staff are safe. | "If you're not going to change that behaviour and have people who are going to do this, we have a responsibility to them and to make sure that our staff are safe. |
| "Aberdeen prison does have a high proportion of people on drugs coming into the prison." | "Aberdeen prison does have a high proportion of people on drugs coming into the prison." |
| Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie MSP said a "radical overhaul" of rehabilitation structures in jails was needed. | Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie MSP said a "radical overhaul" of rehabilitation structures in jails was needed. |
| She said: "We should be helping prisoners get off drugs, rather than help them take them. | She said: "We should be helping prisoners get off drugs, rather than help them take them. |
| "This measure does rather suggest that a damage limitation exercise is being deployed, rather than any real drive to get drugs out of our prisons." | "This measure does rather suggest that a damage limitation exercise is being deployed, rather than any real drive to get drugs out of our prisons." |