BBC News: "Six prisoners and former inmates forced to stop taking drugs by going 'cold turkey' are to receive payments, sources at the High Court have said.
The out-of-court settlement followed claims the practice amounted to assault and their human rights were breached."

So, criminals who have broken the law, been caught, convicted, and sentenced, and are now serving time are to get thousands of pounds because they were forced to go 'cold turkey' on their addictions to illegal drugs, including heroin.

Why should they be provided with illegal drugs, or their substitutes, when they are serving time at Her Majesty's Pleasure? They are in prison for a reason - they have broken the law and the nexus of society - so why on earth should they get "compensation" for not getting their hit? And why should they be able to justify it on human rights grounds?!

Convicts are not part of society during their time in prison. They have been separated from society to be punished and to protect everyone else. They don't have "rights". They lost their "rights" when they broke the law. You cannot gain from society unless you obey it's rules.

As David Davis says, it really is "a massive failure of political nerve by Dr. John Reid and a massive failure in his core duty to protect the public."

Sources: BBC, The Times, Conservative Party News