Smoking to be stubbed out in Scottish prisons from next year
Smoking will be prohibited in Scotland’s jails by the end of next year under plans announced by prison chiefs. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) says it intends to make all
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£17m project to end violence against women will target aggressive teenage boys
Aggressive teenage boys will be targeted to stop them turning into abusers under a £17 million wave of projects to tackle domestic violence, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced. Funding
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Jails’ soaring suicide and self-harm rates need urgent handling, says watchdog
Soaring rates of suicide and self-harm in prisons must be dealt with urgently, but it is unclear how the authorities will meet ambitious aims for improving inmates’ mental health, the
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Campaign launched to stop adults buying alcohol for children in North Lanarkshire
A campaign has been launched in an effort to stop adults buying alcohol for children in North Lanarkshire. You’re Asking For It will run throughout the region to tackle underage
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Additional funding announced for prisoner mental health collaboration
A collaboration led by the University of Plymouth has received additional funding for its work with prisoners with mental health needs. A national collaboration investigating a cross-agency ‘joined up’ approach
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Scathing report finds new probation services failing to improve re-offending rates
A key plank of controversial probation reforms shows no sign of improving re-offending rates and could be ditched immediately with little impact being felt, a highly critical report concludes. So-called
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Young offenders able to access sexually-explicit TV at scandal-hit secure centre
Young inmates have been able to watch sexually-explicit content on television at a scandal-hit youth jail judged inadequate by Ofsted following its latest inspection. Managers at Medway Secure Training Centre
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Edgehill event challenges myths and assumptions on treatment of youth offenders
Myths and assumptions about the ten million UK citizens with a criminal record were addressed at a Positive Youth Justice event held at Edgehill University last week. Guest speakers included Professor
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Offender charities receive Scottish Government funding of nearly £3m
Organisations working to help offenders and their families will share almost £3 million of Scottish Government funding. Seven charities will use the cash to fund specialist services including employment training,
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Prison boy’s solitary confinement ordeal to be challenged in High Court
The High Court is to hear an urgent challenge over a teenage boy’s “prolonged solitary confinement” in prison. A penal reform charity says the boy has been locked in his
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