Tag: Prison

Homeless prisoners get home leave at an average cost of £3,600 each

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Deadline News Journalist - March 25, 2016

PRISONERS are being sent on home leave even though they don’t have homes to go to - at an average cost of £3,600 each. Jail...

Scots prison dog wagged its tail so hard it required medical attention

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Deadline News Journalist - March 17, 2016

THE Scottish Prison Service have revealed that one of their guard dogs wagged its tail so enthusiastically that it required medical attention. The prison service...

60 improvised razor weapons seized in Scots jails

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - February 16, 2016

PRISON officers last year seized more than 60 weapons improvised using the blades from plastic safety razors. New figures from the Scottish Prison Service show...

One female prison officer attacked each week in Scotland

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 10, 2016

ATTACKS on female prison officers have more than doubled in the past two years, according to new statistics. The “worrying” figures show that last year,...

Hardened criminals to be taught drama therapy

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - January 24, 2016

A RENOWNED Scots theatre has come up with a “new and different” way of preventing hardened criminals from reoffending - teaching them drama therapy. Dangerous...