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March 2008
Hep C: Inside and Out
“Hep C: Inside and Out” is a new DVD outlining the issues for offenders. There is an urgent need for our prisons and other the Criminal Justice System to tackle the spread of blood-borne viruses. This new DVD uses former prisoners sharing their own experience of dealing with Hepatitis C, and provides notes for staff on how it can be used. It is issued by the Department of Health and HM Prison Service under Gateway reference 8710.
National Offender Management Service
The National Offender Management Service will merge with the Prison Service from 1st April 2008. This change was recommended following the review of prisons by Lord Carter.
Safe Sensible Social
The Government’s renewed alcohol strategy entitled Safe, Sensible, Social – The next steps in the National Alcohol Strategy aims to focus future action on reducing the types of harm that are of most concern to the government and the public, by reducing the crime and ill-health caused by alcohol. http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/publication-search/drug-strategy/alcohol