448 prisoners have followed drug rehabilitation programmes since 2004, information given in parliament this evening shows.

The biggest number, 184, went to programmes hosted by Caritas, while 142 followed programmes by Sedqa, Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela told Anthony Agius Decelis in reply to a parliamentary question.

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