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Children in Polmont YOI moved to secure care as new law comes into force

All under-18s who were previously detained at Polmont Young Offenders Institution (YOI) near Falkirk have been moved to secure care settings, ministers have announced. Natalie Don-Innes, minister for children, young people and the Promise, said the ...

02 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Right to outdoor exercise ‘clearly breached’ at HMP Polmont, inspectors find

Inspectors have raised concerns prisoners’ rights to an hour’s exercise in the fresh air every day are “clearly being breached” at Scotland’s national holding facility for children and young offenders. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland ...

14 Dec 2023 at 10:25

Staff took 16-year-old off suicide watch hours before death, inquiry told

Prison nurse took 16-year-old off suicide watch hours before death, inquiry told

A 16-year-old who took his own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution had been removed from suicide watch hours earlier, a fatal accident inquiry heard. William Brown, also known as William Lindsay, was remanded in custody after being ...

08 Jan 2024 at 16:33

Deaths in custody at Polmont YOI could have been avoided, inquiry finds

The deaths of two young people who took their own lives while in custody in a young offenders institution “might have been avoided” and systemic failures contributed to the deaths, an inquiry has found. Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, ...

17 Jan 2025 at 11:31

Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says

Two people who took their own lives in a young offenders institution were “given a death sentence”, a solicitor acting for their families said, as he called for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to change the law to allow prisons to be ...

17 Jan 2025 at 15:46

Families’ call for action ahead of inquiry into suicides at Polmont YOI

The families of two people who took their own lives in a young offenders institution have urged Scotland’s First Minister to take action as a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) begins into their deaths. Katie Allan, 21, and William ...

08 Jan 2024 at 14:07

Fatal accident inquiry to begin into two suicides at Polmont YOI

A fatal accident inquiry is due to begin into the deaths of two people who took their own lives in a young offender institution. Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, were found dead in their cells in separate incidents ...

08 Jan 2024 at 02:45

Families of young people who died in YOI criticise prison system

The mother of a student who took her own life in a Young Offenders Institution has said she was “brutalised” in custody, while the brother of a 16-year-old boy who died there accused the prison service of acting like a god....

17 Jan 2025 at 15:24

Scotland

Young prisoners ‘spending far too long locked in cells’, watchdog warns

Young prisoners at Polmont are spending “far too long locked in their cells” with not enough opportunities for work, education or recreation, a report has found. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland also warned that ...

23 Mar 2026 at 00:01

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