Tag: scottish prison service

Prisoners to be given Nintendo DS for “brain training”

Deadline News Journalist - January 24, 2010

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...

MacAskill blasted over home-for-Christmas lags

Deadline News Journalist - December 6, 2009

By Cara Sulieman ONE OF Scotland’s prisons is shutting down for Christmas as record numbers of inmates go home for the festive holiday. Noranside – one...

Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi Freed

Shaun Milne - August 20, 2009

by SHAUN MILNE BREAKING NEWS: LOCKERBIE bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi has been freed by the Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. The announcement came at a...

Hawk back behind bars after taking flight from Castle Huntly

Shaun Milne - May 25, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond A VIOLENT criminal nicknamed “The Hawk” has turned himself in after being on the run for almost a week. The criminal, whose real...

Rape Accused Dies In Edinburgh Jail

Deadline News Journalist - April 13, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A MAN accused of raping a woman in Edinburgh in February was found dead in his cell yesterday. (Sun) Thomas Kryczyk, 26, was...

Killer dies during life sentence

Deadline News Journalist - March 24, 2009

By Paul Thornton ONE of Scotland's most notorious killers has died while serving his life sentence for murder. Bluebell Wood murderer, Brian Wilson, died in hospital on...

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