Release's submission to the ACMD's Custody-Community Transitions Working Group in response to their call for evidence on custody-community transitions.
Issues explored include:
- Drug-related deaths in police custody;
- Random mandatory drug testing in prisons;
- Take-home naloxone provision to people released from custody;
- Developments in diversion from custody;
- Distribution of harms across different groups of people who use drugs (e.g. by ethnic group, gender, housing status);
- Healthcare in custody for people who use drugs;
- Harmful effects of the current legislative framework;
- The right to the highest attainable standard of health for people who use drugs