Scots Prisons to ditch bunk beds amid reforms after tragic deaths of young offenders
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Safety action plan accepted after suicides at Polmont
Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives in separate incidents at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in ...
Katie Allan and William Brown: Suicide prevention strategy launched in wake of deaths at Polmont YOI
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has accepted the 25 recommendations made following a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the ...
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New BBC series to look at women’s prisons
A new series provides a rare look into two of Scotland’s prisons which house women – HMP and YOI Grampian in Peterhead which ...
Sadistic torture killer found dead in cell at Scots jail days after attack on prison officer
MacLeod and his evil dad, Ian ‘Bronco’ Macleod were branded “cowardly monsters" by a judge last year after they were found ...
Major drug warning as monkey dust scourge causes multiple overdoses in Scots jails
A POWERFUL synthetic drug known as monkey dust has been linked to “multiple overdoses” among inmates in Scots prisons, we can ...
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Scottish Prison Service apologises to families of young people who took their own lives
The head of the Scottish Prison Service has apologised to the families of two young people who took their own lives – just months apart – inside the country’s largest young offenders institution.
Scotland’s new £1bn prison will be ‘like Costa Coffee’, says governor
Scotland’s new £1 billion super-prison could be like a “Costa coffee”, the governor of the jail it is replacing has said.
Suicide prevention strategy launched in wake of Polmont YOI deaths – SPS
SPS also committed to pilot ‘signs of life’ suicide prevention/monitoring technology in Polmont, with a report due by January ...
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Anger as Scots prison boss says new £1bn jail should be 'like a Costa Coffee'
The boss of Scotland’s largest prison has said he wants the jail being built to replace it to be similar to a Costa coffee shop. Michael Stoney, governor of Barlinnie in Glasgow, said the new ...
Man facing life in prison after brutal murder of Celtic-mad dad of three
A MAN is facing a life sentence after being convicted of murdering a Celtic fan and attempting to murder another male on a ...
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Suicide prevention strategy launched in wake of Polmont YOI deaths – SPS
The Scottish Prison Service has apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, who took their own lives in Polmont Young Offenders’ Institute, and committed to preventing further ...