Prisons across England will benefit from £2.9m for drug treatment for 2009/10 from the Department of Health, as part of the extra £8.9m capital funding announced in June, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) announced today (6 August 2009).

The funding will be used to improve drug treatment in 25 prisons across England by upgrading treatment facilities and ensuring drug users in prisons have better access to recovery and reintegration services – such as education, training and carer and family support – throughout treatment rather than waiting until the end of treatment or after release. Read the media release.