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Top lawyer slams prison service's death immunity and calls on FM to remove 'licence to kill'

Aamer Anwar believes the Scottish Prison Service should be prosecuted for health and safety failures over the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay at Polmont Young Offenders Institution

Daily Record

Glasgow mum of daughter who died in custody blasts 'lies and insults'

A joint fatal accident inquiry was launched into the deaths of Katie Allan and teenager William Lindsay, who both took their lives within months of each other at Polmont Young Offenders Institution.

Glasgow Live

Mum of tragic Katie Allan blasts ‘lies and insults’ since death in custody

A joint fatal accident inquiry was announced last week into the deaths of Katie Allan and teenager William Lindsay, who both took their lives at Polmont Young Offenders Institution.

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Tragic deaths of Scottish youngsters in custody to be investigated by a sheriff

Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, both took their own lives at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in 2018. Their families have bemoaned the delay in a hearing taking place and have called for justice.

Edinburgh Live

Prison suicides of two young Glaswegians to be investigated by court

A joint Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of 16-year-old William Brown and Katie Allan, 21, will probe the circumstances that led to them taking their own lives at Polmont Young Offenders Institution.

Glasgow Live

Joint fatal accident inquiry due into deaths of two young people in custody

Katie Allan and William Lindsay died in 2018.

The Independent UK

Deaths of two Scots teens at young offenders institution to be probed by sheriff

Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, died just months apart while in custody at Polmont Young Offenders in 2018.

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Calls for Scottish Prison Service to be prosecuted over deaths of two young offenders

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is to be held into the deaths of two people who took their own lives at a young offenders institution.

The National (Scotland)

Ayrshire's Culzean Castle named among Europe's 'most beautiful'

A leading travel guide has heaped praise on one of Ayrshire's jewels.

Daily Record

Brother of Scots woman who died in prison says authorities 'continue to let down sister'

The families of young Scots who died by suicide in jail have argued that the Scottish Prison Service has not been held accountable over their deaths.

Daily Record

Figures show worrying rise in death of prisoners in Scottish prisons

A discovery by Labour MSP Monica Lennon revealed the worrying rise in deaths across Scottish prisons. In 2019 a report by the Scottish government revealed Scotland had some of the worst death rates in Europe.

Edinburgh Live

Deaths in Scots prisons are on the rise as shock figures confirm 'worst fears' of grieving families

Scottish prison deaths in recent years include the death of 21-year-old Katie Allan at Polmont Young Offenders Institute in 2018, and the death of Allan Marshall in 2015 after he was restrained by prison officers during a struggle at Saughton Prison.

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