A prison hit with a spate of suicides has had 30 inmates attempt to take their own lives in the last five years. Statistics show that since 2013, a detainee at Polmont Young Offenders Institution has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prison officers failed to properly check up on an inmate who had taken his own life in prison, a probe has found. Jack McKenzie ...

William Brown and Katie Allan both died at Polmont in 2018 The Scottish Prison Service has accepted all the recommendations made following the suicides of two young people at a young offenders' ...

The deaths of two young people at a young offenders' institution could have been avoided but for a "catalogue of failures" in the system, a sheriff has concluded. Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, ...

Scotland’s Justice Secretary has promised there will be “lasting change” following the deaths of two young people who took their own lives while in custody. The families of Katie Allan, 21, and ...

A 19-year-old man has died at a young offenders institution that was heavily criticised last year after the deaths of two other young people there. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) confirmed the ...

The parents of a young woman who took her own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution have said they are “fed up” of apologies, ahead of a meeting at Holyrood with Justice Secretary Angela ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scotland’s Justice Secretary has promised there will be “lasting change” following the deaths of two young people who took their ...