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Prison union warns psychoactive drugs have reached 'very dangerous level' as Scots staff battle chaos behind bars

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A prison union boss yesterday demanded urgent action to end the chaos in jails caused by deadly zombie spice. He said psychoactive drugs are causing chaos for staff in Scottish jails after reaching a “very dangerous level”.

The Prison Officer’s Association (POA) called for urgent action on tackling a flood of deadly substances like 'zombie spice' into the estate.

It comes after six overdoses were reported in one weekend at Scotland’s maximum security jail, HMP Shotts.John Cairney, chair of the trade union’s Scottish National Committee, said in an update to members that staff were seeing “unbelievable disruption” and working in increasingly unsafe conditions.His warning came as Justice Secretary Keith Brown faced criticism over nine drug

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