The “out of control” drug crisis in prison is laid bare by new figures showing targets for the mandatory testing of inmates have been missed while costs have ballooned by tens of millions.
Between June 2022 and June this year 41,308 random drug tests were carried out across the estate - 12,830 short of the government’s target of 54,138. Testing was down 30 per cent compared with 2019, official figures show.
