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Prison drug treatment programmes
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether drug treatment programmes delivered in prison may only be entered into by inmates on a voluntary basis or whether there are any powers to make such programmes compulsory for drug misusers.
Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP):
(WQ 15.1.4)
Drugs and alcohol Prisons and prisoners
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Timetable for ending slopping out
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3188 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 November 2003, when it will end slopping out in prisons.
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab):
(WQ 15.1.4)
Prisons and prisoners
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Private and state prisons: re-offending comparison
To ask the Scottish Executive how private prison provision compares to public provision in its impact on reducing offending.
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab):
(WQ 15.1.4)
Prisons and prisoners
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Prison overcrowding
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to address overcrowding in prisons in light of the Chief Inspector of Prisons’ comments in his annual report for 2002-03 on its impact on improving prison conditions, safety and the ability to address offending behaviour.
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab):
(WQ 15.1.4)
Prisons and prisoners
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High Court remand data
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases appearing before the High Court the defendant had been held on remand in each of the last four years, expressed also as a percentage of all cases.
Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con):
(WQ 12.1.4)
Courts Bail/remand
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European prosecutor
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had regarding any potential impact on the justice system resulting from the introduction of a European public prosecutor.
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con):
(WQ 15.1.4)
Courts Procurators Fiscal Europe and justice
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Prosecutions for whsky tax evasion
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been for evasion of duty on Scotch whisky in each of the last five years.
George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD):
(WQ 13.1.4)
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria are for determining payments under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme for claimants in Scotland.
Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con):
(WQ 15.1.4)
Victims and witnesses
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Big Issue In Scotland (No. 460)
Monday, January 19, 2004
“Granite City Takes Lead on Tolerance: Over the years Scotland’s largest cities have adopted radically different approaches to the sex industry [. . .] in Aberdeen’s harbour area prostitution has been unofficially tolerated for over two years. And Scotland’s only non-harassment zone now looks set to continue with the opening next month of the city’s first permanent drop-in centre for sex workers. . .” .
This article is published in the current edition of the Big Issue available from vendors until Thursday..
Posted by MM on Mon 19th Jan 2004 at 2:39 pmGender and crime
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Reflections on life imprisonment, capital punishment and Shipman’s suicide
“Crime And Reason: Harold Shipman?s suicide relieved us of the financial burden of his life imprisonment, and made the world a slightly better place. So why all the consternation from both sides of the political spectrum? “ Sunday Herald
Posted by MM on Mon 19th Jan 2004 at 2:34 pmSentencing
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