male prisoners and young offenders - Prison Reform Trust

Help you can get for drug and alcohol problemsAny prisoner can get help to stop using drugs or alcoholYou can get help from1. The healthcare team. There is a lot they can do to help you stop using drugs oralcohol.2. You can get help while you are on your prison wing or by moving to anotherpart of the prison called a voluntary drug testing unit. See page 76.3. The CARAT service (Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice andThroughcare). These are people who are either from outside the prison or theyare prison officers. They work to help prisoners stop using drugs. You can seesomeone from CARAT soon after you get to prison. They will work with you tomake a plan to help you stop using drugs.4. Drug rehabilitation programmes. The person you are working with fromCARAT can tell you about these other types of help you can get. YourCARAT worker will need to say it is ok for you to get this help first. You maybe able to move to another prison to get this help.With these types of help, you may have to have drugs tests. If you are found to beusing drugs, you may stop getting this help.• Do not feel worried about talking to the person who helps you about using drugs.They will tell you what information they can keep private and what information theyhave to tell other people.• If you are worried about someone in your family taking drugs, or about how your drugproblem is affecting them, talk to someone from CARAT about it. The person fromCARAT may be able to arrange for your family to get some help or information.77