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Big drop in drug-soaked prison mail after jails start photocopying letters

The amount of drug-soaked mail being sent to Scottish prisons fell by almost three-quarters since a new policy of photocopying prisoners’ letters was introduced. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said there had been a reduction of about 72% in ...

23 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Scotland

‘Unfathomable’ that Scotland’s remand rates are so high, MSPs told

It is “unfathomable” that Scotland’s remand prisoner rates are so high compared to England and Wales, MSPs have been told. Emma Jardine of Howard League Scotland said the rates of remand prisoners in Scotland had risen sharply during the ...

23 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

New Glasgow prison will not solve jail overpopulation issues, says inspector

Scotland’s chief prison inspector has said the new facility set to replace HMP Barlinnie will not solve overpopulation issues in jails. Speaking to BBC’s Good Morning Scotland on Tuesday, Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, chief inspector of ...

05 Jul 2022 at 11:47

Scotland

Lengthy Covid isolation for prisoners ‘risked breaching human rights’

Putting prisoners in lengthy spells of coronavirus quarantine risked breaching their human rights, with a prison watchdog warning the “consequences of such prolonged isolation cannot be overstated”. Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, of His ...

11 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Inspectors criticise Scottish Prison Service for ‘disappointing underuse’ of open jail

Inspectors have criticised the “disappointing underuse” of a prison they held as one which should be seen as a “flagship establishment” of the prison service in Scotland. HMP Castle Huntly, the only open prison north of the ...

22 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Estranged wife accuses rapist of transgender ‘sham’

The estranged wife of a transgender woman convicted of rape before transitioning has claimed her decision to change gender was a “sham”. Isla Bryson, previously known as Adam Graham, was on Tuesday found guilty of raping ...

26 Jan 2023 at 11:45

Transgender rapist will not serve sentence at all-female prison – Sturgeon

A transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in Scotland’s only all-female prison, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Scottish First Minister spoke as the row continued over where Isla Bryson, who was ...

26 Jan 2023 at 12:39

Trans prisoner pause was to give clarity, says Sturgeon

The decision to pause the placing of transgender prisoners with a history of violence against women in the female prison estate was taken to provide “clarity”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Scottish Government has ...

30 Jan 2023 at 17:37

Isla Bryson not in contact with women during Cornton Vale stay – prison service

Double rapist Isla Bryson was not in contact with women while housed at HMP Cornton Vale, the prison service has confirmed. The key findings of an urgent review ordered by Justice Secretary Keith Brown, which was ...

09 Feb 2023 at 17:27

Scotland

Report on killer of ‘Good Samaritan’ finds lack of support after prison release

The risk to a “Good Samaritan” killed by a stranger he invited into his home might have been reduced if the killer had been offered accommodation on leaving prison, a report has found. Stuart Quinn was jailed ...

09 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Prison service chief ‘not at liberty to say’ who made Isla Bryson decision

The head of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is “not at liberty to say” who made the decision to send a transgender double rapist to a women’s prison, she has claimed. Isla Bryson was convicted in late ...

22 Feb 2023 at 11:53

Scotland

State continues to let down woman who took own life at Polmont, claims brother

The brother of a woman who killed herself in a young offenders institution has accused the authorities of continuing to let down his sister by “failing to hold to account the Scottish Prison Service”. ...

27 Oct 2022 at 17:58

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