Record numbers of offenders are being recalled to prison in England and Wales with union officials claiming that some are deliberately breaking the terms of their probation in order to deal drugs in prison. Mark Fairhurst, the national chair of the POA, said his members had found many recalled prisoners were deliberately returning to deal drugs. “HMPPS must listen to the voice of the frontline and ensure that recalled prisoners receive their basic entitlements and nothing more. We must ensure the regime for recalled prisoners is robust and austere,” he said. The growing workload on probation officers is adding to the number of recalls, according to Tania Bassett, a national official at the probation officers’ union Napo.