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The approach of HM Prison Service for England and Wales and the Scottish Prison Service to drug users in prison, focusing on the experiences of women drug users in particular - and looking at items such as: - policies and guidelines, their implementation and effect - the experiences of women drug users in prison in their own words - the views of prison staff who need to 'care' for drug users whilst concentrating on security and control - tensions inherent in an increasing prison population with a significant 'drug user' element - the priorities and emphasis of current practice - the 'medicalising', 'pathologising' and 'criminalizing' of women drug users, who are seen as 'sick', 'deviant', 'depraved' and 'degraded' - the impact of prison regimes on drug users - and vice-versa - the discretionary implementation of policies the stereotyping of drug users - how the social control of women extends into the penal arena. A welcome addition to the expanding literature on drugs and offenders, the book looks at the three separate strands indicated by its title - 'Women', 'Drugs' and 'Custody' - often with their conflicting aims and agendas. It joins a number of other innovative Waterside Press titles touching upon like issues - to show how drugs present doubly complex problems in an environment where security and control take priority. Reviews 'This book gave me - an average person - an insight into the drugs scene that left a lasting impression of people who have priorities and problems I know little about . . . Especially illuminating are the words of the women themselves': Wendy Hillary, The Magistrate

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