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A study from the lancet (2021) looked at 109 women in Scottish prisons and found that 78% of them had "significant head injuries" prior to conviction

in 2017, a report estimated that around 90% of prisoners are mentally unwell and the NHS treats 10% of prisoners for mental health issues

more than 50% of Scottish prisoners are reported to be on drugs or drunk at the time of arrest

John Kennedy was arrested in 2018 for murder and given 26 years

37% of prisoners serve only 3-6 months for their offences

Alesha Macphail's parents had to sit through the courts retelling of their daughters murder, and listen to the offender say he was "satisfied" with the crime

17% of victims saw a relationship breakdown because of financial support

66% of violent crimes result in the injury of the victim

23% of victims reported a rise in panic attacks and anxiety long after being attacked, those numbers rose to 66% for domestic abuse victims

Hallsworth and Young (2008) argue that "the gang problem is always a problem of Jamaican Yardies, the Muslim boys, the Chinese Triads, the Asian Fiat Bravo boys, and so on"

in 2022, there were 516,684 stop and search incidents in total in the UK

Dalmarnock, Glasgow has seen its population plummet from 50,000 in the 1950's to around 3,000 today

the bike gangs of this area become notoriously violent, giving them a bad name, and leading to Lothian buses and the Scottish fire and Rescue services refuse to drive into the area

according to the National Crime Agency, in 2017, they estimated that fraud costs the UK economy £90 billion every year

SPS estimates it costs around £37,000 a year to keep a prisoner incarcerated

Grant Macbeth was given DTTO after being caught trying to smuggle a burner phone into castle huntly prison to set up drug runs and drop offs

Karyn Mcluskey, the chief executive of community justice Scotland said that "i have never met so many people who tell me that the road to recovery started with DTTO"

in Scotland, re-offending rates for short prison sentences is 59%, whereas on a CPO, only 30% re-offend

in Scotland 2021, 31% of CPO's were simply not completed or they didn't show up at all

Barlinnie is currently sitting at around 140% capacity

£29 million has been budgeted to modernise prisons in Scotland whilst £1.5 billion has been allocated by the UK government for England