Abstract
Although there is a considerable literature on people's lives in prison, little is known about drug injectors inside prison. Drug injectors with prison experience were invited to discuss prison life during qualitative in-depth interviews and small group discussions. Drug injectors were recruited in the community in England and 24 people participated. Analysis of responses identified the following broad themes as important entering prison and early experiences; prison conditions; prison regimes; days in the lives of drug injectors; relationships and social networks; and informal rules and attitudes. This article draws on drug injectors descriptions to illustrate these findings, in an attempt to help sensitize researchers and policy makers to some of the issues that are at the heart of the problems of responding to drug injectors in prison.
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