Polmont3 Dec 2025Custody death probes 'traumatising' for families - human rights reportThe Scottish Human Rights Commission spoke to grieving relatives in a bid to improve the fatal accident inquiry system.3 Dec 202522 Jul 2025Family backs bill to prosecute prisons for custody deathsLabour MP Blair McDougall is calling for Crown immunity in UK prison estates to be abolished.22 Jul 202520 May 2025Young prisoner's death could have been prevented, sheriff rulesSeven recommendations have been made by a sheriff after an FAI into the death of 20-year-old Jack McKenzie in Polmont. 20 May 202527 Mar 2025Death in custody inquiries guaranteed legal aidJustice Secretary Angela Constance is using existing ministerial powers to remove means-testing for legal aid in such cases.27 Mar 202513 Mar 2025Safety action plan accepted after suicides at PolmontKatie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives in separate incidents at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in 2018.13 Mar 202517 Jan 2025Catalogue of failures led to young prisoner deathsA fatal accident inquiry concludes that Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, may not have died if reasonable precautions had been taken.17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025'My sister was killed by the justice system'On the day a determination is due on three deaths at Polmont YOI, Scott Allan says the prison destroyed his sister.17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025'Katie was too scared in prison to keep living'Scott Allan was 14 when his sister Katie was convicted. She died a year later.17 Jan 202522 Jul 2024End date set for sending under-18s to jail Two fatal accident inquiries have been held this year into the deaths of three young in Polmont Young Offenders Institution.22 Jul 2024...
