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New women’s community custody unit set to open in UK first

A new women’s community custody unit, the first in the UK, is set to open in Dundee. The 16-space Bella Centre unit will focus on “custody in the community” and women there will be supported to live independently and develop a range of life skills. ...

28 Jul 2022 at 13:57

Scotland

Prison drug taking incidents down 36% since staff began photocopying mail

Drug-taking incidents in Scottish prisons have dropped by 36% since new rules allowed staff to photocopy prisoners’ mail. Scottish Conservative MSP Russell Findlay led a campaign to bring in the measure in a bid to stop drugs – in particular the ...

19 May 2022 at 21:35

Scotland

Eight life prisoners temporarily released had wrong risk score, minister says

Eight offenders sentenced to life in prison who were allowed temporary release had the wrong risk assessment score after a computer glitch, the Justice Secretary has said. Keith Brown told Holyrood last week that a computer glitch led to risk ...

09 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Risk posed by criminals released early was wrongly calculated, minister admits

Scotland’s Justice Secretary has admitted 265 criminals are now out of prison despite the risk they pose to the public being wrongly calculated because of a computer glitch. The risk posed by hundreds of convicted criminals – used in ...

03 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Scotland

Woman’s conviction for murdering newborn son questioned

A woman who was found guilty of murdering her newborn son could have been wrongly convicted, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has found. The woman, known only as AZ, was convicted in 2011 after a trial and was handed a ...

18 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Serial killer Peter Tobin in hospital after falling unwell in prison

Serial killer Peter Tobin has spent two nights in hospital after becoming unwell at the prison where he is serving three life sentences. He was taken from HMP Edinburgh to hospital, thought to be the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, ...

01 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Scotland

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will look into experiences of young offenders

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will hold public hearings following an investigation into residential accommodation for young offenders and other children next year. Phase eight of the inquiry will examine residential ...

25 Aug 2022 at 11:57

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 ...

22 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Scotland

Record number of deaths in prison fuelled by suicide and drugs, report finds

A record number of people have died in prisons in Scotland in the last three years, according to new research. There were 121 deaths in jails between January 2020 and September this year, compared to 98 in the ...

30 Nov 2022 at 16:24

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Serial killer Peter Tobin taken to hospital from jail

Serial killer Peter Tobin has been taken to hospital from the prison where he is serving three life sentences. Tobin was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh from HMP Edinburgh on Thursday after becoming ...

14 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

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 ...

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 ...

23 Feb 2022 at 14:55

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