Daily Record and Herald try to con you into thinking that 37 mistaken early release prisoners might be in Scotland – none are

The Daily Record had, yesterday, the above image:

Dozens of prisoners released early from jail by mistake after system error.

while the National had:

Labour Government plan sees dozens of prisoners freed by mistake.

The Mirror had:

Dozens of prisoners mistakenly released early from jail after system error

The Herald had:

37 offenders prosecuted using old harassment law freed in error

None clarify that these were prisoners in the English system only. The Mirror, the Herald and the Record had the same photo so I’m guessing it’s an English prison.

The Justice Minister, Shabana Mahmood, is not mentioned. Imagine this really was in Scotland?

2 thoughts on “Daily Record and Herald try to con you into thinking that 37 mistaken early release prisoners might be in Scotland – none are”

  1. We shouldn’t really be shocked or even mildly surprised by this type of reporting nowadays.

    It’s the job of the press and also the tv to cast as much doubt about the SG and Scottish affairs as possible. Truth or lies, makes no difference – if it’s bad Scottish news it’s reported locally and nationally with the same enthusiasm.

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  2. Pingback: As audit predicts shortfall of 12 000 prison places and Labour plans to end shorter sentences, why Scotland is better prepared – Talking-up Scotland

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