Tag: scottish prison service

Scots prisoners have lower drop-out rates than nation’s students.

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 30, 2012

BRAINY Scottish prisoners are three times more likely to stick to their studies than the nation’s university students. Inmates studying at the Open University had...

Appeal to breeders to double prison sniffer dog team

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 26, 2012

A TEAM of sniffer dogs used in Scots prisons is to be doubled in size. The animals are used in jail to hunt out everything...

Tool hire firm accused of using prisoners as ‘cheap labour’

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - February 27, 2011

PRISONERS are being used as “cheap labour” to safety-check DIY and construction tools. Inmates at high-security Glenochil Prison in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, are responsible for testing...

Teenager dies in Polmont custody

In Brief

Shaun Milne - December 29, 2010

A Fatal Accident Inquiry is to be held after prison chiefs revealed a 19-year-old boy died in custody at Polmont Young Offenders Institute on...

Prison bosses splash out on LCD televisions for inmates

News

Deadline News Journalist - November 12, 2010

PRISON bosses have come under fire over plans to buy new state of the art televisions for jails across the country. The Scottish Prison Service...

Prisoners allowed to watch violent and sexually explicit films

Deadline News Journalist - October 17, 2010

By Christine Lavelle PRISON bosses in Scotland have refused to ban violent films and video games despite being given the green light from human rights...

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