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BY BILL SCHIFFNER, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Lab Services Prove Vital Both inhouse and outsourcing drug testing contributes to a comprehensive program for facilities.
Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prisons are there for drug offenses, according to data released by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2014. That percentage has risen fairly consistently over decades, jumping up from 16 percent in 1970.
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As the number of people convicted of these drug offenses continues to rise, random drug testing of inmates has become commonplace. This has led to the need for faster and more accurate drug testing procedures in correctional facilities across the country either being outsourced or performed in house. Although urine testing is still considered a predominant method to detect drug and alcohol use, saliva testing as well as other methods are starting to gain ground because
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