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POLICE SCOTLAND was criticised today after inspectors found prisoners were being transported to court in their underwear or without shoes.
A report on Edinburgh Sheriff Court’s operations by HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) said it was “unacceptable” for people to be transferred from escort vans dressed in such a way.
HMIPS staff saw that “one female prisoner arrived in her nightclothes, two prisoners were in shorts, one prisoner appeared to be in his underwear and one prisoner had no footwear,” the report said.
Despite Labour’s promises to bring things ‘in-house,’ the Justice Secretary has awarded notorious outsourcing outfit Mitie a £329 million contract to run a new prison — despite its track record of abuse and neglect in its migrant facilities, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
