Prisoners are clocking up debt from behind bars and are often unaware they have a gambling problem.
A new pilot scheme will target gambling in prisons to reduce rates of reoffending and standover tactics behind bars.
The Problem Gambling Foundation is preparing to roll out a pilot program across three Canterbury prisons.
Remand residents would have to sit through a 90-minute awareness-raising presentation, and complete a before-and-after-gambling screening questionnaire to help them identify and recognise addiction.
Once transferred from the remand unit to high security …
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