Motivational intervention for problem substance users in prison
The importance of drug treatment in prison is well recognised, given the prevalence of problem substance use among prisoners. Engagement and retention in drug treatment is a key factor in improving outcomes. An evaluation of a group-based motivational intervention, developed in order to identify and engage with substance users in a prison setting at an earlier stage with regard to their drug use, is described here.1
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Patients on methadone programmes, Wheatfield prison
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) became available through the Irish Prison Service in 2002. Wheatfield prison is a closed, medium-secure prison for men, with an official capacity of 700. On 3 October 2011, of the 664 prisoners in the prison, 119 (18%) were receiving MMT. The authors undertook a descriptive study of all 119 prisoners on MMT on that date, from the electronic medical records.
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Report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate
The Garda Síochána Inspectorate was established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, with a remit to ensure that the resources available to the Garda are used ‘so as to achieve and maintain the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness in its operation and administration, as measured by reference to the best standards of comparable police services’.1 The implementation of the 200-plus recommendations of its latest report, Crime investigation, which consolidates outstanding recommendations from previous reports, could lead to the most fundamental reform of policing in the state since the foundation of An Garda Síochána in the mid-1920s – at least in terms of the way the policing service is internally organised and experienced by the public.
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Towards ‘a better city for all’
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