The meth epidemic sweeping New Zealand it not only causing personal heartache, it costing the prison service millions.
Recent research done by the Department of Corrections suggests more than half of prisoners have used methamphetamine in the lead up to entering prison.
Insight's reporter, Teresa Cowie went inside some of New Zealand's prison's as part of RNZ's Broken Bad investigation, to talk to those dealing with the fallout out from the destructive substance which has recently overtaken alcohol as the number one drug of choice for those in prison rehabilitation.
For more on meth and the prison service, listen to Insight just after the 8 o'clock news on Sunday morning. Also tune in on air and online on Monday for more of RNZ's Broken Bad investigation into methamphetamine in New Zealand.
