Drugs in prison

Fifty to sixty percent of Dutch detainees use drugs or has done so in the past. Drug use often continues within detention facilities. Infectious diseases can be transferred anywhere but pose more of a risk in prison.

Monitoring

Direct contact with substance users enables outreach workers from Mainline to point out and analyse new developments in different user groups. Mainline also conducts small-scale research to monitor the needs of different user groups, for which outreach workers gather data in the field.


Developing information material

All the material is available in Dutch only.

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Mainline

In addition to working in the field, Mainline’s outreach workers develop and write publications for substance users. Mainline, a magazine on drugs, health and the street is published four times a year. It is distributed among substance users, care institutions and penitentiaries. The magazine provides current information on developments in the drug scene.

Read more about Mainline magazine 

 

Newsletters

The newsletter, Take It, is published three times a year. It discusses the latest developments concerning HIV and specific problems that HIV-positive users face. The newsletter C-View (C-zicht) is published once a year. It discusses the latest developments concerning hepatitis C and specific problems that HCV-positive users face in the run-up to and during treatment.

Read more about Take It and C-View (C-zicht)

 

For women

For women
Female substance users occupy a special position because they constitute a minority in the scene. They are also vulnerable and suffer from specific health problems. That is why female users deserve special attention. Once a year the outreach work department develops special information material for female users. The subjects in this publication are based on an inventory of the needs among this group.

Read more about publications for women

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