EMCDDA activities in the area of prison
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EMCDDA activities in the area of prison
Note: This page focuses on the EMCDDA's activities in the area of prison and is aimed at partners and speciliasts in the field. For more general information, about drug use and prison, including links to publications, statistics, and other outputs, please see the Prisons and drugs topics page.
The EMCDDA has been working on the topic of Drug and Prison since 2002. Several reports have been published on the situation of drug use, related problems and interventions in Europe and on methodological aspect of data collection in prison. The main findings of the past work have shown the need to improve the quality and harmonisation of data on drugs and prison in the European countries. Also the European Commission has defined the need to endorse and implement a set of indicators to monitor drug use, drug-related health problems and drug services delivery in the European Action Plan 2009-2012. According to the Plan the EMCDDA should support the commission in the definition of a methodological framework for drug and prison monitoring.
Key documents
Meetings
- Drug and Prison European Meeting, 30-31 May 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
- Drug and prison, 22-23 October 2012, Lisbon, Portugal
Outputs
Note: for more general information about drug use and prison, and a full listing of publications, statistics, and other outputs, please see the Prisons and drugs topics page.
Publications:
- 'Drug use and related consequences among prison populations in European countries', in Prisons and health (World Health Organisation)
- Prisons and drugs in Europe: the problem and responses
- Ten years of monitoring illicit drug use in prison populations in Europe: issues and challenges
- Drug offences: sentencing and other outcomes
- Alternatives to imprisonment — targeting offending problem drug users in the EU
- Estimating public expenditure on drug-law offenders in prison in Europe
About the EMCDDA
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is the reference point on drugs and drug addiction information in Europe. Inaugurated in Lisbon in 1995, it is one of the EU’s decentralised agencies. Read more >>
Contact
The EMCDDA is located at:
Praça Europa 1, Cais do Sodré
1249-289 Lisbon
Portugal
Tel. (351) 211 21 02 00
