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Your Man in Saughton Jail Part 1
Murray, Craig
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2022/01/your-man-in-saughton-jail-part-1/Year Published: 2022 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24632 Abstract: - Excerpt: You cannot separate the catastrophic failure of the Scottish penal system - Scotland has the highest jail population per capita in all of Western Europe - from the catastrophic failure of drugs policy in Scotland. 90% of the scores of prisoners I met and spoke with had serious addiction problems. Every one of those was a repeat offender, back in jail, frequently for the sixth, seventh or eighth time. How addiction had led them to jail varied. They stole, often burgled, to feed their addiction. They dealt drugs in order to pay for their own use. They had been involved in violence - frequently domestic - while under the influence. Subject Headings |