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Tim Walsh
"Senior police officers today urged the Home Office to do more to cut the smuggling of drugs into prisons.
In a letter to prisons minister Paul Goggins, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) said the levels of illegal substances in jails could affect inmates� attempts to overcome addictions.
ACPO drug treatment spokesman, Deputy Chief Constable Howard Roberts of Nottinghamshire Police, told the minister: �Substantial investment has been put into drugs treatment by the Government and positive results appear to be flowing from that investment, and co-ordinated schemes.
�To maximise the effectiveness of that investment, it is most important that within the prison environment, inmates have as drug-free an environment as possible.
�This maximises the opportunity to be drug-free upon release. Prison can present a key opportunity to change the futures of prisoners with respect to their drugs misuse, whilst in a controlled environment.�"
