Table 1 Types and numbers of informants

National and international stakeholders

5

SPS national and regional heads

5

Medical workers

24

Prison guards

39

Probation service workers

7

Social workers with experience of work with people who are serving their sentence/or have been released from prison

40

PWID who have been released from prison after their first sentence (0–12 months after release)

20

PWID who have served more one term and have recently been released from prison (0–12 months after release)

20

Total

160