Inadequate staffing and training on new psychoactive substances

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• 2016 → 2020Carlington Spencer4 years 4 months after Shalane Blackwood · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate

  Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate

  Both reports highlight problems related to the prevalence and handling of new psychoactive substances (NPS) such as Spice within custodial settings. The earlier report calls for more substance‑misuse staff to address ongoing NPS use, while the later report points out that discipline staff lack meaningful training on these substances.

  Shalane Blackwood · 3 May 2016

  “That the use of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) remains rife within the prison, and presentations such as Mr [name redacted] are not diminishing, and that the Substance Misuse Team requires further staff to be effective in future.”

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  Carlington Spencer · 28 Aug 2020

  “Discipline staff have no meaningful training on the categories of self-induced intoxication and in particular "new psychoactive substances" such as the synthetic cannabinoid known as "Spice"”

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  Earlier report in the app · Later report in the app