Prison Crisis: Executive May Face Thousands More Claims

The ScotsmanMay 03, 2004

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THE crisis over the landmark legal ruling on "slopping out" in Scotland's jails intensified last night after it emerged that the number of prisoners who could benefit from the controversial judgment is far higher than the Executive has admitted.

Lord Bonomy awarded Robert Napier GBP 2,450 after deciding the "degrading and abhorrent" practice breached the inmate's human rights while he was locked up at Barlinnie in Glasgow.

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Prison Crisis: Executive May Face Thousands More Claims

The Executive admitted that more than 1,000 prisoners in five jails had no sanitation in their cells and had to "slop out" in communal toilet blocks. That represents about 18 per cent o...

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