Drug Interventions Programme
Welcome to the Gwent Drug Interventions Programme website
The aim of this website is to provide information about the work of Gwent Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) and to supply resources and information to stakeholders and practitioners who work with Gwent DIP.
The DIP is a major part of the government’s drug strategy, which offers treatment to drug misusing offenders and aims to move them away from drug use and criminal behaviour. For more information on the Gwent DIP please see the About DIP| pages.
Gwent DIP is a multi-agency partnership, which brings together criminal justice agencies and community organisations involved in drug issues, in order to implement the government’s Drug Interventions Programme (DIP).
The DIP forms part of a beginning-to-end support programme which follows and manages offenders as they pass through the Criminal Justice System. DIP provides advice, information, support and treatment for drug misusing offenders so they can access DIP services at the point of arrest, when they are charged and sentenced, in prison and after release. This ensures continuity of care for clients.
Some key points about the programme:
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Everyone can win: drug-misusing offenders get help through treatment and support, communities suffer less crime and the taxpayer saves money as criminal justice costs are reduced
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The programmes aims to break the destructive cycle of drugs, offending and prison. Areas operating Drug Intervention Programmes are seeing crime fall faster than elsewhere in the country
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A critical element of the programme is delivery of a broad range of effective treatment. Treatment works – and it is cheaper and more effective than putting drug-misusing offenders through the Criminal Justice Srepeatedly without support to help them tackle their drugs problem
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Treatment is not a soft option: drug-related community orders imposed by the courts usually involve a strict monitoring regime
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In addition, Gwent DIP works closely with the five Community Safety Partnerships to ensure services are effectively commissioned across the region.
We hope you find this website useful. Your feedback is welcome and if you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact Karen Jones, Project Support Officer for the Gwent DIP on 01633 647780 or email karen.jones2@torfaen.gov.uk|.
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