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<p>The misuse of drugs in prison drives violence, vulnerability and crime and so tackling
this is one of our top priorities. Consequently, we are improving our security to
restrict the availability of drugs. We use body, property, cell and area searches,
metal-detecting scanners and drug and phone detection dogs across the estate. We are
investing £6 million to tackle drug supply and reduce demand in 10 of the most challenging
prisons, with body scanners and more staff focused on effective searching.</p><p>
</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not record the number of searches conducted in
each prison. Data and information on drug finds is routinely published as part of
the normal publication schedule</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>
</p><p>Data on drug finds in 2018-19 will be published in due course in line with
the normal publication schedule.</p>
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