Prisons in Scotland ‘orderly, safe, well-managed’ and only non-violent prisoners to be released early

severe pressure but they are certainly not broken. They are all orderly. They are still safe. They are still well-managed.

The Chief Executive of Scottish Prison Service said the above and on Reporting Scotland, to be fair.

Media coverage more widely, of course, is working up a scare over ‘SNP soft touch’ early release and carefully hiding the key fact that violent and sexual abuse cases will not be released early.

Indeed, BBC Scotland’s full report on the website takes 8 paragraphs before mentioning quietly this:

The proposals, if implemented, would not apply to those who are serving an extended sentence for violent or sexual offences. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpe34xl8z17o#:~:text=As%20of%2012%20June%2C%20there,target%20operating%20capacity%20of%208%2C007.

4 thoughts on “Prisons in Scotland ‘orderly, safe, well-managed’ and only non-violent prisoners to be released early”

  1. And, of course, the previous Westminster Government and the new one are engaging in early release to ease pressures on the prison service, but it is BAD if the Scottish Government does so.

    Alasdair Macdonald

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  2. If there is a problem in England ( Prisons , Schools , Hospitals , etc… ) then OF COURSE this must apply in spades to Scotland !

    Page one , line one of the BBC Charter ( Scottish Edition ) – get with the program peoples !

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  3. Prisoners serving time for violent crimes, not serving an extended sentence, will be released early, is that correct?

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