Tag: Prisoners

Scots prisoners help to build effigies for Indian festival parade

By Christine Lavelle SOME of Scotland’s hardest prisoners have helped create giant 40ft effigies to be torched to mark a major Hindu...

Elderly in care homes given less to spend than criminals

By Cara Sulieman OAPS living in care homes are given less money to spend than prisoners. Residents who get their essential living costs covered by the...

'Bored' prisoners accused of a brass neck

By Martin Graham INMATES at a Scottish prison have been accused of having a ‘brass neck’ after claiming to be ‘bored’. Prisoners at HMP Glenochil have...

Inmates favourite books revealed

By Cara Sulieman PRISONERS at one of Scotland’s toughest prisons have been thumbing through the pages of a thrillers, football biographies and CRIME novels as...

Prisoners enjoying home visits once a fortnight

By Martin Graham SCOTTISH prisoners are enjoying regular holidays at home while they serve out their sentences, despite a string of absconders failing to return...

Prisoners to be given Nintendo DS for “brain training”

By Rory Reynolds PRISONERS in Scotland are to be given Nintendo DS consoles to improve their reading and maths skills. A report by the Scottish government...

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