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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>The safety of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
staff working in prisons is a priority. The Joint Unions Alliance have written to
us regarding the survey and we will give careful consideration to the findings. Her
Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service has commenced research into the effects of
second-hand exposure of prison staff to psychoactive substances. Initial research
is focused on post-exposure testing of staff across ten prisons and it has been agreed
that the testing programme will be expanded to include a further 10 prisons.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Across
the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed
to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches
and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since
October 2016 are making a real difference.</p>
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