A study is to examine whether measures such as referring to prisoners as “men” and their cells as “rooms” can help rehabilitate offenders. The three-year project will focus on HMP
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A prison officer at a young offenders’ institution who was caught having secret “trysts” in a cleaning cupboard with a 20-year-old inmate has been spared jail. Stacey Sutherland, 27, said
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An independent report has urged ministers to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to 16 and set up a new youth justice system for offenders up to the
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Play fighting involving staff as well as inmates is “widespread” at a youth jail, an inspection found. The issue was referenced in a report on Rainsbrook secure training centre near
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New guidelines surrounding the sentencing of all offenders are coming into force in Scotland’s courts. For the first time in Scotland, the guidelines set down the fundamental principles and purposes
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Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has been urged to take action to halt the “spiralling epidemic” of suicides in Scotland’s prisons. The plea came after Mr Yousaf held talks with the
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The Justice Secretary has launched a new scheme to help ex-offenders stay off the streets and away from crime. David Gauke announced that Leeds, Pentonville and Bristol prisons will spearhead
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Leading judges are being asked to rule that a teenager’s “prolonged solitary confinement” in detention amounted to “inhuman and degrading” treatment. Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, Lord Justice Moylan and
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Offenders convicted of crimes involving violence or knives will generally no longer be able to serve part of their sentence at home on an electronic tag curfew. Justice Secretary Humza
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The parents of a young woman who killed herself in jail after enduring “horrific experiences” have called for a review of Scotland’s prison system. Katie Allan’s family said on Thursday
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