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Prison drug treatment controversy

Updated on 07 June 2008

By Andy Davies

A former head of drug treatment policy in prisons is on a collision course with his one-time employer, the government.

Huseyin Djemil says drug use in prisons is now widespread with no understanding of the sheer scale of the problem.

The government says he's "astonishingly ill-informed."

Mr Djemil will launch a blistering attack on current policy on Monday.

In his first ever television interview he's told this programme that drugs in prisons are "everyone's problem and no-one's priority".

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