January 29, 2006

BUT THEY DON'T EXECUTE ANYONE!:

Revealed: The Crime Wave in Scotland’s worst prison: * 262 assaults * 513 fights * 286 drug incidents * 27 fires started (Liam McDougall, 1/29/06, The Sunday Herald)

SCOTLAND’S flagship young offenders’ institution has become the most violent jail in the country, the Sunday Herald can reveal.

Polmont, the national centre for holding convicted criminals and untried prisoners between the ages of 16 and 21, now outstrips even the notorious “hardman” jails like Glasgow’s Barlinnie and Edinburgh’s Saughton for assaults, fighting and fire-raising incidents.

Despite having only 9% of the total prison population, its inmates are responsible for one in six offences in Scottish jails. For every indicator of violence recorded by the Scottish Prison Service – including endangering the personal safety of others and destroying property – the unit’s record was worse than any other.

The figures, obtained by the Sunday Herald, highlight a disturbing trend that reveals a dramatic escalation in the level of violence in the unit.


No European complaint about America is hollower than that they're more humane because they only send convicts to jail.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 29, 2006 4:03 PM
Comments

. . . but no mention of the number of rapes that occur in prison. Maybe because these sexual contacts might be interpreted as consensual - so as not to get one's throat cut for refusing.

Posted by: obc at January 29, 2006 4:36 PM

They send convicts to jail?

Posted by: Matt Murphy at January 29, 2006 8:00 PM

They need the West Virginia National Guard M.P.s.

Posted by: Genecis at January 29, 2006 10:26 PM
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