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Butler Trust awards go to Scottish prison units and Lothians DTTO team
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

“Drugbusters win prize for helping offenders turn their lives around” Evening News

See also
The Butler Trust

Posted by MM on Wed 7th Mar 2007 at 8:43 am
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Turnaround commuity project for drug using young offenders launched
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

“Addicts offered chance to change” BBC

Press release
“Turnaround for young male offenders” Scot. Exec.
“Turnaround for young male offenders” Turning Point Scotland

Posted by MM on Tue 27th Feb 2007 at 8:52 am
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Big Issue Special on prisons and their alternatives
Monday, November 27, 2006

The current copy of the Big Issue running from 23rd to 29th November (No 607) incudes a ‘9 page prison special’. Articles are not available on the BI web site so buy your copy now.

“If prison doesn’t work, what next?”
“Predicting a riot” Overcrowding.
“Young inside” Alternatives to custody for young offenders.
“A silent sentence” Prisoners’ families.
“The way forward” On the 218 Centre for women.

Posted by MM on Mon 27th Nov 2006 at 11:57 am
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Residential alternative to custody firm happy with ‘Neds’ acronym: expansion plans
Sunday, August 06, 2006

Update
“Young offenders’ centre: registrar to have final say” Press and Journal

“Row over Highland ‘boot camp for neds’” Sunday Times

See also
“New Education Developments (Scotland) Limited” prohibit linking to their web site without prior written consent. You can find it by searching for the complete term, including quotation marks.

Posted by MM on Sun 6th Aug 2006 at 10:32 am
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Paedophiles will Lose Credit Cards Used to Order Child Pornography
Thursday, July 20, 2006

“Paedophiles to lose credit cards” The Guardian

Posted by EMcP on Thu 20th Jul 2006 at 11:32 am
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Positive results for SACRO youth services based on restorative justice
Tuesday, July 11, 2006

“Meetings between offenders and victims could cut crime” Scotsman

See also
SACRO (2006) Youth Justice Services Evaluation report April 2004 – March 2005

Posted by MM on Tue 11th Jul 2006 at 5:12 pm
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Evaluation of 218 Centre for women offenders published
Friday, April 28, 2006

“Progress being made with female offenders” Holyrood.com
“Prison alternative toasts success” Big Issue
“Progress with female offenders” Law Society Journal Online

Press release
“Time out for female offenders” Scot. Exec.

See also
Evaluation of the 218 Centre (April 2006)
218 Centre

Posted by MM on Fri 28th Apr 2006 at 4:48 pm
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SACRO Aberdeen domestic abuse perpetrator group looses funding
Friday, April 14, 2006

“Hunt for funding” Evening Express
“Domestic abuse help unit no longer has funding” Press and Journal

See also
SACRO Aberdeen

Posted by MM on Fri 14th Apr 2006 at 7:34 am
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Fairbridge project for young people celebrates successes
Tuesday, September 27, 2005

“I was violent and taking drugs but this project has given me a new life” Evening Times

See also
Fairbridge

Posted by MM on Tue 27th Sep 2005 at 8:50 am
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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2003 published
Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Update
“Scottish Courts are soft on crime” Scottish Daily Mail. There is no web-link available to their Scottish edition from the Daily Mail site.
Following posted on 9.9.05
“Crime pays £18m” Daily Record
“Crooks face postcode lottery for fines and sentences” Herald
“Postcode lottery of court punishments revealed by study” Scotsman
“Call for more consistent sentencing by sheriffs” Evening Times

The Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2003: section 306 document contains useful information designed to enable “people engaged in the administration of criminal justice to become aware of the financial implications of their decisions.”

For example, for the year 2003-4 the estimated cost of 6 months in prison in Scotland was £16,622. The average cost of a standard probation order was £1173 and the average cost of a community service order was £1499.

Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2003: Section 306

Posted by MM on Tue 13th Sep 2005 at 7:56 am
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