Cannabis smell on prison clothes
A report by inspectors into Brixton Prison found inmates were smoking such high quantities of cannabis that their clothes started smelling of it.
Report finds 'significant failure' on prison drug action
This part of the prison report highlights the use of cannabis at Brixton. Section 5.43 below says IMB [Independent Monitoring Board] members' clothes smelt of the drug.
The report added that there had been a 'significant failure' in cracking down on the supply of cannabis coming into the prison.
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