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June 2016
We’re all too familiar with the revolving door to prison. Now it seems that prison culture is to be reformed from the top, with governors of new-style establishments given ‘unprecedented’ freedom to introduce education, work and rehabilitation services. Former prison governor John Podmore is entirely behind the need to mend a broken system and address […]
Housing Interventions Worker
[…] HMP Parc. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do. We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending.” In this role you will […]
Prison Release Recovery Worker
We are recruiting for a Prison Release Recovery Worker Maternity Cover Fixed Term Contract Until February 2026. As Prison Release Recovery Worker you will coordinate and deliver transitional support to service users working as part of the substance misuse service at HMP Wormwood scrubs. You will work collaboratively with prison and healthcare partners to ensure […]
Frame of mind
[…] part of the training offer, conditional on the post being maintained post-qualification. Further pilots have since commenced in the West Midlands gambling harms service and in some prisons. Great fit Dr Luke Mitcheson, consultant clinical psychologist for Lambeth Drug and Alcohol Service (working for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – SlaM) first […]
DDN conference 2024: session three
[…] cent reduction in deaths. Eighty per cent of the treatment provided was to the most deprived half of the population, she added, and there were now 15 prisons that had achieved micro-elimination. ‘We have a shared set of beliefs that we try to live with as much as possible,’ said Burch. ‘And we’re in […]
Government rolls out drug recovery wings
The government is to roll out ‘up to’ 18 new drug recovery wings in prisons across England and Wales by 2025, it has announced, as well as increasing the number of ‘incentivised substance-free’ (ISF) living units from 25 to 100. Prisoners in the ISF units will be regularly drug tested but will also receive […]
DDN060508
[…] of us have long considered it scandalous that methadone treatment and needle exchange have not been widely available to prisoners, in spite of the high incidence in prisons of blood-borne virus infection, and of death during detoxification and after release. The labours of a few enthusiasts to change this are finally beginning to bear […]
DDN060508
[…] of us have long considered it scandalous that methadone treatment and needle exchange have not been widely available to prisoners, in spite of the high incidence in prisons of blood-borne virus infection, and of death during detoxification and after release. The labours of a few enthusiasts to change this are finally beginning to bear […]
DDN2906
[…] schools, hostels and housing associations to raise awareness of hep C, and the aim is to expand this to other venues next year, including job centres and prisons. Involving service users in these teaching sessions has had a powerful effect on group members, says Lucas. ‘It really helps boost their confidence. It’s helped me […]
New helpline for prisoners released during pandemic
[…] Ministry of Justice initiative to release some people from prison early have prompted us to launch this additional support for drug and alcohol recovery clients leaving North East prisons,’ said Amy Levy, of Humankind, which is based in Bowburn, Co. Durham. ‘We hope to provide information and guided signposting to services and support which is […]
Comment from the substance misuse sector
[…] established and proven ‘drug-free’ withdrawal procedure, as a precursor to a fuller sauna and vitamin detoxification course leading to stable recovery. These procedures have been followed in prisons around the world since 1966, some of which today have their own addiction recovery training courses – run by the prisoners themselves. Readers wanting proof of […]
A diverse service for a diverse population
Chris Annison, Phoenix Futures’ Head of Services in London, talks us through the importance of a diverse and flexible service. Diversity is a commonly used term when thinking about any group of people. However, the Phoenix Futures service at HMP Pentonville is an excellent example of how a service has to flex, develop and be […]
DDN 27 February Issue 2006
[…] outside world? RAPt – the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust – knows all about helping prisoners off substances and back into society, not least through running CARAT services in 17 prisons. Their recently opened Island Day Programme in Tower Hamlets takes their knowledge and experience of what works in rehabilitation and plants it squarely in the community, responding to the needs […]
News focus
[…] approach to tackling problem drug use – from prison to the community – in partnership with the Department of Health, as well as a network of ‘resettlement prisons’ to allow offenders to be released into the areas where they will live and be supervised. There will also be a focus on ‘life management’, with […]
UK drug policy
[…] that suggests its policies are counter-productive, the Home Office doesn’t want to listen to anyone’s advice. The government says that drug use and mandatory drug testing in prisons are down – but is any of this really true? The figures that the government uses are from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW). […]
DDN 050124
[…] of ASBOs (Anti-Social Behaviour Orders) "Olga Heaven MBEDirector of the charity Hibiscus, on the plight of the very high numbers of women drug "mules" incarcerated in UK Prisons "Prof. Craig ReinermanSociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a trenchant critic of contemporary drug policy, on the relations between racism and the War […]
DDN 050404
[…] Throughcare & aftercare – approaches & promising practice Case-study based repor t on throughcare and aftercare. Home Office, February 2005. The impact of mandatory drug testing in prisons Review of evidence re MDT accuracy and effects. Home Office, January 2005. Effective and cost-effective measures to reduce alcoholuse in Scotland Literature review of measures for […]
News in brief
[…] drinking culture,’ she said. ‘It makes this a challenging but crucial role and it is one that I am looking forward to taking on.’ Prison problems Britain’s prisons are ineffective at tackling alcohol-related criminal behaviour, according to a survey commissioned by Addaction. Despite the fact that 70 per cent of prisoners questioned for The […]
Prison Link Worker
We are recruiting for a Prison Link Worker HMP Humber, HMP Hull We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime and addiction to move forward and live fulfilling lives. As a Prison Link Worker in the Dependency and Recovery Service, you will be working as part of a […]
Unequal to the task
[…] they’re treated while they’re imprisoned – and anyone thinking these kind of disparities don’t apply to the UK would be wrong. According to an HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published in February, the lack of care to meet women’s basic needs is causing such distress that ‘they resort to harming themselves’. Uruguay is now […]
Building bridges to recovery: Success of The Bridge Programme at HMP Rye Hill
With the project having launched earlier this year, staff at HMP Rye Hill have been delivering a new specialist drug and alcohol support service for people currently in prison with addiction issues. Drug and Alcohol Recovery Team (DART) Service Manager, Joanne Steele, reflects on the successes of the programme to date. The Bridge Programme was […]
Flying the flag
[…] years.’ Positively UK had been an established charity since 1987, she told the conference, after being set up in someone’s living room. ‘We go to clinics and prisons and we’re all living with HIV – it’s the therapeutic value of one person helping another. We’d love to go into more prisons but we don’t […]
Breaking the cycle: How employment support enables drug and alcohol recovery
WithYou’s Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programme helps people recovering from issues with drugs and alcohol to find employment. John’s story illustrates how the programme can help break the cycle and support recovery. WithYou’s Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programme offers intensive, individually tailored support to help people recovering from issues with drugs and alcohol […]
Pride and Prejudice
[…] access. Its distribution was still a postcode lottery and there would still be many hurdles to overcome, but pressure was building on commissioners, clinicians, treatment services and prisons to take naloxone seriously and to incorporate it as essential harm reduction. You Need To Get Angry By 2014 Scotland, Wales and Ireland each had national […]
Reading the room
[…] if it’s on a one-to-one basis, working with someone that they can trust and where sessions can take place in a safe and confidential space. Working in prisons remains vital to us, but we also know there exists a significant need for people to access this type of support on the outside. According to […]
DDN July_August2021
[…] Turning Pages programme across a range of serbices, focusing on supportibe one- to-one sessions prjobided by peers. Shanjnon Trust has already successfully rjolled out the programme in prisons acrjoss the country. âWe know that reading is a bital sjkill, and when people leajrn it can make a huge difference to their libes,â said the […]
Homepage News Tab
[…] Government unveils major prison reforms Sweeping reforms of the prison system were announced as part of last month’s Queen’s Speech, including the establishment of six autonomous ‘reform prisons’ Reforming zeal The Queen’s Speech saw the government announce a major shake-up of the prison system. DDN hears from a former governor about what […]
DDN070507
[…] can only be achieved in collabora- tion, and not in competition, with the whole community and its diverse elements in- cluding social, criminal justice and health. ‘ Prisons and secure environments are part of our communities and equivalence of opportunity (matched by resources and policy) must be available to allow unpreju- diced access to […]
DDN0311
[…] new cross par ty group to inform the parliamentar y debate on drugs issues has been launched by the Conference Consortium. Chaired by former chief inspector of prisons, Lord Ramsbotham, the aim of the Cross Par ty Group on Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Harm Reduction is to bring together politicians with those who […]
DDN2801
[…] the need for better aftercare provision for offenders with addiction issues post release and to suppor t pre-release training. Subsequent funding supported by research in three Welsh prisons led to a 40-hour peer support training programme for volunteers over 26 weeks, suppor ted by the Welsh Charitable Stadium Trust. Where and how regularly do […]
DDN1401
[…] are paid for by the taxpayer. Rehabilitation programmes which deliver stress-free abstinence for life are available in 42 countries – for the public and also in many prisons. Every PLC must strive to increase drug turnover and profit if the directors don’t want the sack. And the reason why abstinence versus harm reduction has […]
DDN1506
[…] much more accessible and realistic and cocaine and crack are finally being addressed. It seems to be working across the board now. There’s a good structure in prisons with IDTS and CARATS, whereas before you just had to go in and rattle it out. The agencies are communicating a lot better now than they […]
DDN 050404
[…] Throughcare & aftercare – approaches & promising practice Case-study based repor t on throughcare and aftercare. Home Office, February 2005. The impact of mandatory drug testing in prisons Review of evidence re MDT accuracy and effects. Home Office, January 2005. Effective and cost-effective measures to reduce alcoholuse in Scotland Literature review of measures for […]
DDN 050124
[…] of ASBOs (Anti-Social Behaviour Orders) "Olga Heaven MBEDirector of the charity Hibiscus, on the plight of the very high numbers of women drug "mules" incarcerated in UK Prisons "Prof. Craig ReinermanSociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a trenchant critic of contemporary drug policy, on the relations between racism and the War […]
DDN151104
[…] Vikky Bullock, Cranstoun Drug Ser vices e: vbullock@cranstoun.org.uk. 7-9 July 8th European conference on drugs and infections in prison This year's event is ‘Unlocking potential – making prisons safe for e ver yone’. The conference will cover throughcare and after care, multi- agency working in practice, and harm reduction. Contact Salma Master. e: smaster@cranstoun.org.uk […]
Media savvy
[…] and some police forces openly say they don’t do it any more. Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, 1 May The most pressing issue right now in prisons is safety. Gove needs to act to reduce violence and suicides. And the easiest way to address that is the one Gove can’t bear to entertain: […]
News in brief
[…] a move to a different part of the prison so that they could then be forced to act as distribution points for drugs,’ said chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick. Use of new psychoactive substances is now seen as one the biggest problems facing the prison estate (DDN, February, page 6). Stop strips Release […]
Running a marathon with a broken leg
[…] strategic ownership of residential treatment provision at a national and regional level to maximise their value to the full range of stakeholders (NHS, mental health, social services, prisons and wider justice services). That would include: Commissioning residential services on a basis that allows access by the full range of stakeholders. Broadening access, creating pathways […]
A tribute to the late Erwin James, Forward patron (1957 – 2024)
The Forward Trust pays tribute to its remarkable patron, Erwin James. Erwin was a remarkable man who inspired so many through his journalistic achievements, but also his story of recovery and transformation. When Erwin spent time in prison, he discovered his love for writing and combined it with his newfound desire to help others, including […]
SIG Penrose Drive opens
SIG Penrose, in partnership with His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), has announced the opening of a new accommodation and support service in Lambeth. Penrose Drive is a flagship 25-bed Approved Premises for men leaving prison and who, as with all prison leavers, are subject to probation supervision. Operating 24/7, seven days a […]
Forward ‘Reach Out’ service praised by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
Photo by Amy Hirschi on Unsplash The Forward Trust’s online chat service, Reach Out, was judged ‘notable positive practice’ by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) following an inspection of HMP High Down in March and April 2021. Reach Out was launched in May 2020 to provide advice, support and reassurance to people affected […]
Band 6 Senior Substance Misuse Nurse
Are you looking for a challenging, creative, rewarding and fast paced work environment? Do you want the opportunity to be part of a nurse-led service utilising all of your clinical and interpersonal skills? If yes then Prison Nursing is for you. The team You would be working as part of a wellbeing & recovery team […]
Band 6 Senior Substance Misuse Nurse
Are you looking for a challenging, creative, rewarding and fast paced work environment? Do you want the opportunity to be part of a nurse-led service utilising all of your clinical and interpersonal skills? If yes then Prison Nursing is for you. The team You would be working as part of a wellbeing & recovery team […]
Band 6 Senior Substance Misuse Nurse
Are you looking for a challenging, creative, rewarding and fast paced work environment? Do you want the opportunity to be part of a nurse-led service utilising all of your clinical and interpersonal skills? If yes then Prison Nursing is for you. The team You would be working as part of a wellbeing & recovery team […]
Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurse
Are you looking for a challenging, creative, rewarding and fast paced work environment? Do you want the opportunity to be part of a nurse-led service utilising all of your clinical and interpersonal skills? If yes then Prison Nursing is for you. The team You would be working as part of a wellbeing & recovery team […]
Band 6 Senior Substance Misuse Nurse
Are you looking for a challenging, creative, rewarding and fast paced work environment? Do you want the opportunity to be part of a nurse-led service utilising all of your clinical and interpersonal skills? If yes then Prison Nursing is for you. You would be working as part of a wellbeing & recovery team with a […]
Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurse
Are you looking for a challenging, creative, rewarding and fast paced work environment? Do you want the opportunity to be part of a nurse-led service utilising all of your clinical and interpersonal skills? If yes then Prison Nursing is for you. You would be working as part of a wellbeing & recovery team with a […]
Regional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
We are recruiting for a Regional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner in our Surrey Prisons. Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes. […]
Thousands raised at Forward’s annual London quiz 2023 event
[…] work and started using – I didn’t know it would take control of me. I ended up carrying out crime and I was in and out of prisons. My son’s mother, my family – no one believed me because of the job I had done so it was only in 2020 that I asked […]
DDN_October_2023
DDN Magazine October 2023 - Our cover story explores moral injury – which traces a clear path from combat-related experiences to escaping trauma through substances. Other articles cover: a whole school approach to young peoples’ services, Recovery Month activities, recovery protection, The founder of Recoverist Month, 20 years of Kaleidoscope's harm reduction in the community and much more..
Forward Trust Patron HRH The Princess of Wales meets families impacted by addiction at...
The Forward Trust was delighted to welcome its Royal Patron, HRH The Princess of Wales, to HMP High Down in Surrey on Tuesday 12th September. Her Royal Highness met families impacted by addiction to learn about how we are supporting those in the criminal justice system to manage and recover from their addictions. Her Royal […]
DDN1911
[…] on our drugs and out of jail and alive,’ said Mark Gilman, the NTA’s regional co- ordinator for the Nor th West, speaking at last year’s ‘ Prisons and Beyond’ Conference. Government is using drug treatment to deliver problem-solving, albeit with little success, rather than the recover y that addicts and their families hope […]
DDN0206
[…] grandparents in Scotland’, and the strategy will also include measures to strengthen powers to seize assets from drug dealers, a commitment to better quality drug treatment in prisons and tracking of investment in drug services and their outcomes. The extension of drug treatment and testing orders is also being piloted. Scotland has an estimated […]