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| Drug use at all time low |
| By New Zealand Herald |
| Published: 11/06/2008 |
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NEW ZEALAND - Prisoners' drug use is at an all time low due to increased security and searching of visitors, the Department of Corrections says. Service support manager Karen Unwin said the number of prisoners who tested positive for drugs in random testing was at an all time low of 13 per cent, down from 34 per cent in 1998. "Over the last few years we have invested heavily to make it more difficult for offenders to access drugs and other contraband in prison," she told Corrections News magazine. The number of drug dogs working in prisons had doubled and cameras, closed circuit television, video motion detectors, microwave sensors and electronic barrier arms had been installed. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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