article_snippet.sent: Officers at the jail, privately run by controversial firm G4S, disclosed the haul in an internal document, which dramatically highlights the extent of drug use among the jail's 1,300 inmates.
article_snippet.sent: Altcourse, the first prison in the UK to be designed and constructed for a private operator, has been criticised for drug-related violence.
article_snippet.sent: After a three-day visit last June, chief inspector of prisons
article_snippet.sent: Chris Hardwick wrote: 'There have been 38 serious assaults in just four months before the inspection.
article_snippet.sent: Gang issues and the availability of drugs, particularly new psychoactive substances [legal highs] were a significant factor in much of drug-related violence.'
article_snippet.sent: We are committed to preventing drugs coming into We prison and We are encouraged that, at the same time as We seizures of banned substances have increased, the numbers of prisoners testing positive for prisoners has come down,' said Mr Thompson.
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