London
(ANI):
It
is
supposed
to
be
one
of
the
highest
security
prisons
in
the
UK,
but
it
reportedly
hasn't
stopped
English
musician
Pete
Doherty
from
finding
a
way
to
get
high
on
drugs.
The
29-year-old
singer,
who
had
been
jailed
for
missing
out
on
drug
tests,
has
been
found
injecting
heroin
smuggled
into
London's
tough
Wormwood
Scrubs
slammer.
"We
can't
believe
how
much
he's
still
clucking
for
it.
They
put
him
inside
to
force
him
to
give
up
but
Pete
always
has
a
need
to
feed
his
habit," the
Sun
quoted
a
fellow
inmate
as
saying.
Doherty
is
at
the
moment
receiving
methadone,
which
is
a
substitute
for
heroin,
from
the
doctors
who
are
trying
to
wean
him
off.
However,
the
rocker
is
topping
up
with
the
real
thing,
say
reports.
Doherty
has
no
source
of
income
and
is
at
the
moment
getting
his
drugs
by
begging
credit
from
fellow
lags
and
writing
IOUs.
He
is
sharing
a
cell
in
the
Scrubs' Connibere
detox
wing
with
a
28-year-old
drug
dealer.
"He
hasn't
received
his
prison
wage
yet
so
he's
getting
the
drugs
on
credit
and
writing
IOUs,"
the
inmate
said.
When
Doherty
first
arrived
at
the
prison,
rumours
started
going
around
that
he
had
brought
a
stash
of
drugs
with
him
from
the
outside,
making
the
singer
seek
protection
by
striking
up
friendship
with
a
burly
ex-street
fighter
named
Ray,
who
is
now
protecting
him
from
the
prison
lags.
"It
wasn't
true
but
it
was
enough
to
make
people
want
to
find
him
and
rob
him.
Ray
is
making
sure
this
doesn't
happen," the
inmate
stated.
Prison
officers
are
said
to
treat
Doherty
like
a
superstar
-
and
tramp
from
other
wings
to
get
his
autograph.
"He
usually
signs
his
name
next
to
a
scribbled
smiley
face
with
a
trilby," the
inmate
added.
He
also
said
that
Doherty
slept
on
a
urine-stained
mattress
and
has
been
told
he
will
be
transferred
to
an
open
prison
when
a
place
is
available.
A
Prison
Service
spokesman
said
on
Apr
15,
that
strict
action
would
be
taken
against
anyone
breaking
the
rules.
"We
will
act
on
any
intelligence
which
indicates
drugs
are
being
smuggled
or
abused,"
the
spokesman
said.