Our Work in Prisons

Sadly, for those most entrenched in drug use, prison is an inevitability. Drug use is illegal, yet they depend on it, so for those people who are most vulnerable and who struggle the most, their recovery is a long-term process progress and mistakes, progress and barriers.

At the Public Prisons we offered support to over 3500 people on arrival.

We worked on caseload with over 1600 people. Our caseload stood at around 300 people at the end of 2022-23.

We undertook brief interventions with over 1600 people.

We also worked to integrate the work of the substance misuse team at HMP and YOI Parc. Through 2022-23, they undertook over 2100 induction assessments, more than 1600 brief interventions, 1052 unique people onto caseload and had a standing caseload of nearly 450 people.

82% of people on release (of our caseload) who were on substitute medication engaged in our community treatment services (74% of all of those on caseload).

We work with people so that a change of justice setting like Prison, does not have to derail their recovery journey; so that they can reconnect, consolidate progress, reflect on difficulties and move forward with support intact.