By Professor John Robertson OBA Prisoner reconviction rates, like suicide, abortion, stillbirth, infant mortality and drug deaths represent a window into the wider success of a government over the longer term. In Scotland, all have been falling since the SNP came to power. The partial exception, drug deaths, have stalled as the country faces a spreading plague of English County Lines drug gangs bringing violence and more frequent overdoses resulting from cheaper and more deadly drug supplies. In 2008/2009, there were 0.6 reconvictions per offender, on average. By 2020/2021 (latest figures) there were 0.44, a 27% reduction. Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202400437050/