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'Drugs up in overcrowded prisons'

PUBLISHED August 16, 2004
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Overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales has reached record levels with some inmates forced to defecate in front of each other, a report says.

The Prison Reform Trust study, based on new Prison Service performance targets, showed that positive random drug tests rose to 12.3% against a 10% target.

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