warned the prison system is at breaking point……The jail’s population has reduced since earlier this year and staff absences have improved. Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland today is headlining a story they have gathered themselves in anticipation of linking it to the Scottish Government in an upcoming Holyrood vote on early prisoner release to reduce prison overcrowding. I’m sure Scotland’s prisons are overcrowded and that that’s not a good thing for anyone but media reporting on them is constantly politicised with a view to undermining the reputation of the Scottish Government. Here’s another example of that tendency and the … Continue reading If Scotland’s prisons are at ‘breaking point’, why are assaults on prison officers in England & Wales nearly THREE times as frequent as in Scotland and yet they’re not at breaking point?