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Tag: Scottish Prison Service
Prisoners allowed to observe holy days while serving sentences
Scottish prisons will allow inmates to observe more than 65 religious holy days this year for 14 faiths including Zoroastrian, Pagan and Rastafarian, and...
Prisons under pressure
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has warned The Scottish Government they are being forced to operate under "unsustainable" pressure.
Chief Executive of SPS, Teresa Medhurst,...
Cyber warning for prisons
A government watchdog has warned that Scotland’s prisons are vulnerable to cyber attacks by criminal hackers due to poor online security.
Scotland’s Auditor General has...
Prisoner who escaped from G4S Security van recaptured in Bellshill
Police have confirmed that Anthony Ferrie who escaped from a G4S security van after a hospital appointment has been arrested in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.
Ferrie had...
Prisoner escapes G4S van after hospital visit
Police have launched a search for a prisoner who escaped from the custody of a private security firm around 2.15pm this afternoon.
A police helicopter was called...
Clamp down on crime in vicinity of HMP Edinburgh
Police took part in a joint-agency operation at HMP Edinburgh last Friday to detect and disrupt criminal activity at and near the prison and to promote...
Prisoner taken to ERI with serious neck injury
The Scottish Prison Service have confirmed that a male prisoner from Saughton Prison was injured and admitted to hospital in the early hours of...
Councillors petition Scottish Government over club closure
The Edinburgh Prison Officers Club have been given notice to quit their premises by today but now they have support from all city councillors...
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