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Prison bosses splash out on LCD televisions for inmates

PRISON bosses have come under fire over plans to buy new state of the art televisions for jails across the country. The Scottish Prison Service...

Inmates get laptops to plan release appeals

By Michael MacLeod CRIMINALS have been granted access to laptop computers in Scottish prison cells. Inmates are restricted to using the devices to prepare legal documents...

After-hours booze plan for bar staff is ditched by MSPs

By Michael MacLeod PLANS to let Scots pub staff drink alcohol after closing time have been thrown out amid fears they could open a loophole...

Killer’s Bebo boasts that prison is like a “hotel”

AN EVIL killer who smashed his victim’s head in with a paving stone has been using a mobile phone smuggled into jail to post...

Missing Holyrood Items Include Mass Storage Devices

By Andrea McCallum THE SCOTTISH Government has had more than 1,000 security passes, 27 laptop computers, 20 BlackBerry devices – and a banana – lost...

MacAskill blasted over home-for-Christmas lags

By Cara Sulieman ONE OF Scotland’s prisons is shutting down for Christmas as record numbers of inmates go home for the festive holiday. Noranside – one...

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