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Provision Of Support To Victims And Witnesses Of Crime In Scotland (September 2006) | Summary
Posted by MM on Fri 29th Sep 2006 at 2:43 pm“Jail governor’s claim refuted” Courier
“Governor attacks prison service” BBC
“Prisons should be part of health service says governor” STV
“Prison chief’s parting shot at overcrowding” Saturday Herald 30.9.06 (not available online).
“‘Need to know’ call over prisoners who are let out of jail to do work” Evening News
Posted by MM on Fri 29th Sep 2006 at 1:11 pm“More sheriffs take to courts” Evening News
“New sheriffs appointed” Law Society Journal Online
“New sheriffs in bid to cut court delays” Evening Times
Press release
“New Sheriffs appointed” Scot. Exec.
“Getting tough with ASBOs set to be key election issue” Scotsman
“Labour set to force councils to use Asbos” Sunday Times 24.9.06
Also
“Asbo on grieving mother” Evening News
“Public ‘at risk’ from release of sex attackers” Herald
“Jail branded ‘Scotland’s worst’ ” BBC
“Jail inspector attacks ‘disgrace’ of failure to end slopping out” Scotsman
“Prison watchdog damns Scottish jail practices” Guardian
“Chief urges swift decision over future of Peterhead Prison” Press and Journal
“Peterhead prison gets first female governor” STV
“New Aberdeen prison is only solution says governor” STV
Press releases
“Peterhead Prison inspection report” Scot. Exec.
“Stevenson on Peterhead Prison Report” SNP
See also
HM Inspectorate of Prisons: Report on HMP Peterhead (September 2006)
“In 2006, are Catholics really being discriminated against in Scotland?” Independent
“Six times as many Catholics attacked” Daily Record 27.9.06
Press release
“Religiously Aggravated Crime” COPFS
“Scots take full advantage of their new rights to know” Scotsman. Article by Kevin Dunion, Scottish Information Commissioner
“1,000 appeals under FoI legislation” Law Society Journal Online
Press release
“International Right to Know Day: Scottish Information Commissioner says ‘Freedom of Information a success in Scotland.’” Scottish Information Commission
“Row over threat to human rights protection” Herald
“Warning over Scots human rights gap” Scotsman
“Scots’ human rights gap fear” Law Society Journal Online
The Justice 1 Committee will meet today at 10.15 am in Committee Room 6 and will discuss the Scottish Commissioner for Human Rights Bill at Stage 2 (Day 2).
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