§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what services are provided to prisoners who serve less than one year in prison. [82694]
§ Mr. George HowarthShort-term prisoners benefit from the range of services available to all prisoners. On drugs issues, these include detoxification, advice and treatment. As part of the Prison Service drug strategy, all prisoners will benefit from improvements in the quality and availability of drug services, including improved links with community agencies to ensure continuity of treatment on release. This aspect is of particular importance to short-term prisoners whose length of stay in prison often means that they cannot benefit from the more long-term intensive drug treatment programmes.