New intakes, visitors and tactful transporting result in drugs infiltrating prison walls. Intakes and visitors, such as wives and girlfriends, go to extreme measures to find ways to smuggle the drugs without guards noticing. They can skillfully hide drugs in cavities and illusive hiding places. Finding ways to import drugs through the mail are less successful but do occur. …show more content…
It is said that due to the War on Drugs prisons are rapidly overcrowding causing a chain of effects of not only drug use, smuggling and manufacturing, but also of violence and riots. It seems to be a vicious cycle.” (Samuels para.7) Things that cause should be the main thing to focus on right now so they can stop the drugs in prison. Treatment programs are essential in prisons to help inmates get better. For the treatment to work the prisons need to be cooperative wanting to better themselves , and is it hard for them because of the prison vibes and violent behavior. In the end if it doesn’t work it will be hard to find a solution at this