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Trans prisoner Paris Green is imprisoned with women despite being convicted of a violent act against one, going against the ...
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Under the law, the Crown, which includes the Scottish Prison Service, cannot be held criminally responsible for deaths in ...
The SPS said all bunk beds had been removed from the rooms of young people at HMP & YOI Polmont, as well as rectangular doorstops, to improve safety. It has also introduced "concern lines" into ...
There are 16 prisons in Scotland. Prisons such as HMP Perth hold a mix of long and short-term adult male offenders. Young offenders institutions HMYOI Polmont can hold up to 758 offenders aged 18-21.
The Scottish Prison Service has also apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, who both took their lives at the young offenders institute.
The families of two young people who died in Polmont Young Offenders Institution are set to meet with senior prison service officials. Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, died within months of ...
The officer was taken from duties, that involve work groups with young male prisoners at Polmont Young Offenders Institution, after the video was circulated and then sent to bosses. It is understood ...
The SPS said all bunk beds had been removed from the rooms of young people in HMP & YOI Polmont, as well as rectangular doorstops, to improve safety. It has also introduced "concern lines" into ...
The families of William Lindsay and Katie Allan, who took their own lives in Polmont YOI, are set to meet senior prison service officials on Wednesday (Handout/Aamer Anwar & Co/PA) The families of ...