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Prisons - new material (21)

01 December 1996

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Drugs on the inside. Penal Affairs Consortium (November) 1996, pp12. This report highlights "the problems of drug dependence" in prisons in England and Wales. Working from a survey of 2,000 prisoners they estimate that 11% (5,000) of male adult prisonersm 6% of young males and 23% of women prisoners are drug dependent, Available from PAC 169 Clapham Road London SW9 0PU.

Housing benefit and prisoners Penal Affairs Consortium (November) 1996 pp7. Examines recent changes in housing benefit regulations and warns that "up to 5000 additional prisoners could be released homeless each year" thereby greatly increasing the risk of re-offending.

The Doncatraz File Andrew Billen. Observer Life 3.11.96 pp6-12, Profile of far-right billionaire and former FBI agent George R Wackenhut who runs the US based Wackenhut Corporation which is responsible for several private jails including the controversial Doncaster prison in south Yorkshire.

Prison Privatisation Report International No. 5 (November) 1996, This issue contains articles on "Latvia's private prison system" and the US based BI Inc. which is involved in electronic monitoring technology. Available from PRT 15 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AH.

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