Children, 15, Locked in Tiny Cells Like This for 23 Hours a Day, As Jail Overcrowding Slated
The Scotsman › October 31, 2007
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INMATES as young as 15 can find themselves locked up for 23 hours a day as a result of overcrowding at a Scottish detention centre.
In a damning report today, Dr Andrew McLellan, the chief inspector of prisons, has branded overcrowding at Polmont Young Offenders Institution, near Falkirk, as "tragic". He also questioned whether it is now realistic to hold all under-21s convicted north of the Border there.See the full content of this document
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Children, 15, Locked in Tiny Cells Like This for 23 Hours a Day, As Jail Overcrowding Slated
Dr McLellan said conditions had improved, but the opening of new halls at Polmont had been blighted by the problem of overcrowding.
According to his report, the two main halls were "not nearly big enough" to hold the numbe...See the full content of this document
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