Detention settings are high-risk environments for the spread of infectious diseases. As such, COVID-19 has posed unprecedented challenges for governments and prison administrations, catalysing the uptake of exceptional measures around the world to decongest prisons (Harm Reduction International)
Bibliography: Interventions – Law Enforcement
Drugs, Prisons and ‘Unintended Consequences’ – Does drug interdiction drive drug-related harms?
The availability and use of drugs in prisons cannot be separated from wider drug policy. The criminalisation of drugs and the people who use or sell them fuels mass incarceration in many countries, and in doing so creates large profitable markets for drugs behind bars (Gdpo)
Drugs, Prisons and ‘Unintended Consequences’ – Does drug interdiction drive drug-related harms?
If governments are truly serious about addressing drug use and reducing drug-related harm, they must move away from enforcement-focussed responses, and instead implement laws and policies that reduce the number of people in prison for drug-related offences, and to provide comprehensive harm reduction programmes for people in detention (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
Public Health and Safety Consequences of Liberalizing Drug Laws
Insights from Cannabis Legalization (RAND)
Drug Decriminalization Policy (PDF)
Literature Review: Models, Implementation and Outcomes (Finnish institute for health and welfare)
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts under Covid-19: A Practice Briefing
This briefing examines how the nine existing FDACs across England are adapting to service delivery during the current crisis. It highlights the practical challenges facing practitioners, judges and families, and shines a light on specific solutions that have been developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic (Centre for Justice Innovation)
Cannabis and Capitalism: The Question of Ownership Within Drug Policy Reform
The idea of certain drugs as bad, dangerous and requiring prohibition by law it is a relatively recent social phenomenon, with the first international laws prohibiting drugs only appearing at the start of the twentieth century. Since then, the so-called War on Drugs has become a huge driver for the worlds ever-growing prison population, with more than 1 in 8 of all prisoners currently incarcerated in British prisons serving their sentences for drug offences (Common Wealth)
A review of legislative initiatives on the liability of drug-related advocacy (propaganda) in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan during the second half of 2019 and early 2020
possible risks for social programmes aimed at working with people who use drugs (ehra)
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences 2019
This report, our ninth on the subject, continues our work of providing regular updates on legislative, policy and practical developments related to the use of capital punishment for drug offences, a practice which is a clear violation of international law (Harm Reduction International)
Sentencing of women convicted of drug-related offences
This report considers five key questions relating to the sentences imposed on women for drug‑related offences across criminal justice systems in 18 jurisdictions (Penal Reform International)
Monitoring and evaluating changes in cannabis policies: insights from the Americas
This report provides an overview of the changes in cannabis policies in the Americas and the evidence emerging from evaluations of their impact (EMCDDA)
Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: 2018 to 2019
Statistics for alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from PHE’s national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
Drug seizures and arrests in Northern Ireland, period ending 30 September 2019
Six-monthly update of class A, B and C drug seizure incidents and arrests by PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland)
Cannabis Legalization: Year One Observations
Provides the first summary of Canada’s experience in the first year of retail sales after cannabis legalization, with a focus on the public health and safety objectives of the Cannabis Act. Canada’s relationship with legal cann bis is evolving and the market is still developing (CCSA)
Results from the 10 Prisons Project
Statistics on the level of assaults and random mandatory drug testing within the prisons taking part in the 10 Prisons Project (MoJ)
Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences (PDF)
A report for the Irish Department of Justice & Equality and the Department of Health (and the working group on this issue)
NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings
Ten clinical research centers will address gaps in accessing high-quality care
Classification of Drugs: when science was left behind,
The first-ever comprehensive report providing a political reading of the current evaluation and classification, or “scheduling” of drugs according to their harms (The Global Commission on Drug Policy)
Criminal Justice Project: Class A drug tests in Merseyside Police custody
This report presents data on drug tests carried out across Merseyside’s custody suites between April 2016 and March 2019, with a particular focus given to positive tests in 2018/19 (PHI)
ACMD: avoid Friday prison release to prevent drug relapse and deaths
Prison services could reduce drug-related harms by avoiding releasing vulnerable prisoners on a Friday, the ACMD has today advised the Home Secretary
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