Sara Snell, Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland, has published a damning report on conditions experienced by those on ...
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Scotland imprisons more of its people than most of Western Europe – then lets them out early
Despite the ‘presumption’ against custodial sentences of 12 months or less, they still make up around 73 per cent of the total ...
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) was forced to apologise after prison staff hung up the phone on telephone service NHS 24 ...
Scotland's justice secretary Angela Constance has conceded the early release of prisoners to tackle record overcrowding will cause anxiety for victims. The emergency scheme which will see nearly 1,000 ...
The number of people in Scotland's prisons has risen back above the level which sparked the early release of hundreds of inmates to free up space. More than 300 inmates, half of whom were serving ...
Scotland’s prisons are on red alert as deadly gang feuds spill over behind bars – with staff describing life inside as “a daily game of chess” just to stop rival thugs from tearing into each other.
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