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‘Spice’ drug amnesty to tackle violence epidemic in prisons

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 08/29/2015 - 23:10

Desperate measure is taken to tackle surge of violence in jails

Growing fears that some of Britain’s jails are awash with spice – a psychoactive drug blamed for an increase in violence behind bars – have seen one of London’s oldest prisons introduce an amnesty under which prisoners can hand in the drug without fear of being punished.

This week HMP Brixton will conclude a month-long amnesty on spice and offensive weapons in an attempt to make the jail a safer place. A prisoner information notice shared with the Observer explains: “As you all know, HMP Brixton has suffered with an increase in spice as the drug of choice, and while this is reducing, we know the prison is not yet ‘spice-free’ as we would like to see it.”

Amnesty bins have been placed on prison wings for inmates to deposit the drug and any makeshift weapons. The prisoner information notice...

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A prisoner at Wandsworth is searched for drugs and weapons.
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