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It concluded:"individuals feel that cost played a minor role in their initial decision-making process (ranked 8th from a list of 9 factors). The primary drivers are … ‘Getting a final decision' … and ‘Getting justice'."
A proactive programme is needed in every jail, whereby agencies work with addicts both while they are in prison and when they get out. Prisoners who want to get off drugs should be given help and encouragement to do so.
The problem is uptake: members are often reluctant to get involved in training. It is difficult to get them to commit themselves to spend a morning or an afternoon doing training in this and in other areas.
However, we must be careful that we do not get into a situation in which we automatically rule out an approach to waste management that is based on particular examples.