Prison service ‘closed ranks’ after young offender took his own life, FAI finds Jack McKenzie, 20, died at Polmont YOI in September 2021. Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
We are fed up of apologies, say family of young woman who died in Polmont YOI Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives within months of each other in 2018 at the facility. Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025
Constance pledges ‘systemic response’ over deaths at Polmont YOI The Scottish Justice Secretary made the commitment as she responded to a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of William Brown and Katie Allan. Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025
Families of pair who died at Polmont YOI to meet First Minister Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives at the facility within months of each other in 2018. Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025
Families of young people who died in YOI criticise prison system Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, died within months of each other in Polmont YOI in 2018. Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025
Deaths in custody at Polmont YOI could have been avoided, inquiry finds Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, separately took their own lives at the facility in 2018. Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025
Young people who took own lives after ‘catalogue of failures’ at Polmont ‘given death sentence’ Katie Allan, aged 21, and William Brown, 16, separately took their own lives at the facility in 2018 The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025