Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 162
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Increase Mandatory Drug Testing rates across prisons to at least pre-pandemic levels.
Conclusion
The MoJ and HMPPS must increase MDT rates to at least pre-pandemic levels. An immediate and mandatory intervention from regional or national HMPPS command, including the deployment of specialist teams to ensure testing is reinstated immediately, should be triggered. (Recommendation, Paragraph 22)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 9 January 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗