One of the major problems with our prisons is that many of those who end up there are not very nice people. They are selfish, greedy, arrogant, all too often suffering from personality disorders, vio… (View Post)

Ideally no. But good luck with getting prisons to the top of the pile of those screaming for more money. In Scotland our solution is to let people out after ever shorter parts of their sentence. I ha… (View Post)

For those interested Lady Ross's decision can be read here:https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/pnbpzgex/2026csoh59-petition-of-for-women-scotland-for-judicial-review.pdf Maybe paragraph 179 is e… (View Post)

Wings latest contribution is a letter from the Chief Executive of the SPS. It says, amongst other things: "Whilst we carefully consider Lady Ross's determination and how we need to change o… (View Post)

Lucy Blackburn is excellent company and has a better insight into how the Scottish government actually works than any MSM journalist in Scotland. It is deeply depressing that so many were content to … (View Post)