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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	brain injuries and deformities
in 2017, a report estimated that around 90% of prisoners are mentally unwell and the NHS treats 10% of prisoners for mental health issues	mental illnesses and ACE's
more than 50% of Scottish prisoners are reported to be on drugs or drunk at the time of arrest	drugs and alcohol
John Kennedy was arrested in 2018 for murder and given 26 years	offenders (prison)
37% of prisoners serve only 3-6 months for their offences	offenders (reoffending rates)
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	families (emotional)
17% of victims saw a relationship breakdown because of financial support	families (financially)
66% of violent crimes result in the injury of the victim	victims (physically)
23% of victims reported a rise in panic attacks and anxiety long after being attacked, those numbers rose to 66% for domestic abuse victims	victims (socially)
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"	minorities and people of colour (institutional racism)
in 2022, there were 516,684 stop and search incidents in total in the UK	minorities and people of colour (stop and searches)

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Dalmarnock, Glasgow has seen its population plummet from 50,000 in the 1950's to around 3,000 today	communities (decreasing population)
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	communities (schemie culture)
according to the National Crime Agency, in 2017, they estimated that fraud costs the UK economy £90 billion every year	government spending (economy)
SPS estimates it costs around £37,000 a year to keep a prisoner incarcerated	government spending (prison population)
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	DTTO (breaks the link between crime and substance misuse)
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"	DTTO (helps with addictions)
in Scotland, re-offending rates for short prison sentences is 59%, whereas on a CPO, only 30% re-offend	CPO (reduces re-offending rates)
in Scotland 2021, 31% of CPO's were simply not completed or they didn't show up at all	CPO (soft option)
Barlinnie is currently sitting at around 140% capacity	prison sentences (overcrowding)
£29 million has been budgeted to modernise prisons in Scotland whilst £1.5 billion has been allocated by the UK government for England	prison sentences (budget)