Record number of deaths in Scottish Prisons
30.11.2022 - The number of people dying in prison over the last three years is higher than for any other three-year period on record in Scotland, according to new research. From September 2020 to 2022 there were 121 deaths in Scottish prisons including; 29 by suicide, 25 from drugs (not including eight deaths still awaiting classification), 15 deaths were Covid related, 42 were attributed to 'othe
Source: myscience.uk