She also steps up criticism of Holyrood's corporate body for its interim decision to ban trans people from using toilets in their acquired gender in the parliament building

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2527394...

While former First Minister Henry McLeish assesses what's happened since his 2008 report and why the prison population has climbed to around 8300 when he set the Scottish Government a target to cut it to 5000.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2505495...

Education writer @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
examine the education background of prisoners and what qualifications some are achieving during their time in custody.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2504228...

Day 3 in our series investigating what's going on in Scotland's prisons also sees @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social probe what rehab is on offer to prisoners and where it falls short.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2505504...

So why has the SNP failed in its pledge to bring down prisoners numbers despite falling levels of violent crime? And why do Scotland (and England) have the highest imprisonment rates in western Europe?

@heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2503271...

Amid their fears governors want the Scot Gov to bring back an automatic early release scheme for long term prisoners axed by the SNP in 2016

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2503116...

While I report on an unprecedented warning from governors over the fears over the return of rioting - last seen in the late 80s/early 90s - as they deal with a prison population on course to reach record levels this year www.heraldscotland.com/news/2502756...

Rebecca McCurdy takes a deep dive into overcrowding investigating the rising population across the prison estate and the limited impact of early release or short term prisoners

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2503711...