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Families ‘fed up’ with apologies on deaths in custody demand action

THE parents of a young woman who took her own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution say they are “fed up” with apologies and want “action” to prevent any more needless deaths in custody.

The remarks came today as the families of Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16 — who died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont — prepared to meet SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance ahead of her statement to Holyrood on planned reforms.

Ms Allan, a student at Glasgow University, was found dead on June 4 while serving a 16-month sentence for drink-driving and causing serious injury.

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