Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 January 1997.
Specific measures to control the supply of drugs into prisons include enhanced searching, increased use of closed circuit television and sniffer dogs. We are also assessing the results of a pilot scheme on the mandatory use of non-contact or closed visits. In addition, many establishments have taken the opportunity to develop local initiatives for controlling the supply of drugs.