Supposed lawful highs are an "immense and troublesome" issue at Bristol Prison, a representative for the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) says.
More than 30 ambulances were broughthttp://www.fto.ro/user_detail.php?u=mehendesin in one week to treat detainees who had taken psychoactive substances, the BBC has learnt.
The IMB's Graham Bingham said the medications made detainees act savagely and staff have been assaulted.
The Ministry of Justice said the jail is effectively dealing with the issue.
Police watches have likewise been expanded outside keeping in mind the end goal to keep drugs from getting in.
'Superhuman quality'
Mr Bingham said he had by and by seen detainees affected by the medications acting "viciously" when officers endeavored to limit them.
"They appear to have superhuman quality," he said. "Three or four individuals from staff are expected to contain them."
Mr Bingham included that in a solitary day as of late there were seven cautions for detainees to be taken to doctor's facility under escort for treatment in the wake of taking the medications.
New psychoactive substances (NPS, for example, Spice have been seized in Bristol Prison.
They are artificially intended to copy medicates that are as of now banned.
Zest is a manufactured cannabis substitute and is portrayed by a few specialists as being up to 100 times more strong.
The administration's Psychoactive Substances Act, which comes into power in April, will put a sweeping restriction on every single legitimate high.
Notwithstanding, Dr Tim Williams of Avonhttps://www.oercommons.org/profile/112969 and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust said he was concerned the boycott could "drive the issue underground".
He said a comparative bill in Ireland was "at first fruitful", however "there's really been an expansion in individuals utilizing Spice-related mixes".
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