Jails at Bursting Point ; Convict Numbers Reach Record Levels Snp Attempts to Empty Prisons [Scot Region]
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SCOTLAND'S prisons are at breaking point, with inmate numbers at an all-time high, it was revealed yesterday.
Despite a raft of soft-touch measures aimed at keeping criminals out of jail, the number of prisoners reached 8,185 last week.See the full content of this document
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Jails at Bursting Point ; Convict Numbers Reach Record Levels Snp Attempts to Empty Prisons [Scot Region]
The figure beats last September's record of 8,137.
Overcrowding has now crept back above 10 per cent, despite a new jail at Addiewell,...See the full content of this document
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