Two inmates on a programme designed to rehabilitate prisoners with drug problems were rushed to hospital with a suspected overdose of fentanyl.A source close to the prison service said the latest incident of drug abuse at the Right Living House last week was the tip of the iceberg in the Department of Corrections.He added: “It’s not unusual. We’ve had quite a number of people using fentanyl, but I don’t know for sure if that’s what they used.“There have been a number of inmates in all facilities who have been taken to the hospital, I would say over the last two years. It’s a very dangerous drug.”The source added the latest incident at the Right Living House showed that drugs could be smuggled into secure buildings.He said: “I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s a facility to assist men with drug problems to rehabilitate them, but they have access to drugs.“We know they’re not going outside to get them, so somebody must be bringing them in. They seem to be pretty easy to get.”The insider said that an inmate at the Prison Farm became seriously ill after taking fentanyl about two years ago and officers battled to save his life.The source added: “It’s been said he flatlined and an officer had to work to bring him to life before he got to hospital. He almost died.The insider was speaking after the two prisoners at the Right Living House, based at the Co-Educational Facility in Ferry Reach, St George’s, were taken to hospital last Monday.The insider said: “We also have a lot of inmates complain the programme itself is not working.“It’s an overseas programme, which is supposed to help them to overcome their drug addiction and live a healthy lifestyle. But it’s just not working.“In order to keep it open and running, they keep sending inmates down there, but it doesn’t seem to be very effective. For everyone who says it’s a great programme, there are ten who say it doesn’t work.”The insider said that most prison officers had little contact with the programme, but spoke to inmates returned to mainstream jails for breaking the rules.He added: “They do talk and they say it doesn’t work.”The insider said Laura Sikora Walker, who was brought from the US as the programme director, was replaced by a Bermudian about three years ago and went to a new position in the department. He added: “She’s responsible for overseeing programmes that keep inmates occupied and to rehabilitate them throughout the entire system, but things have not improved over the three years. She spends more time in meetings than on the ground working.”The insider said: “For some odd reason, the headquarters have had her working as acting commissioner and officers have questioned how she gets to work in that position when she’s not effective as a programme director.“The Acting Commissioner’s position is not supposed to be filled by a programme director and there is an Assistant Commissioner who can step in as Acting Commissioner — an experienced prison officer, a seasoned prison officer.”The national security ministry did not respond to a request for comment.