Families of Polmont custody death youths slam prison service 'licence to kill' after FAI
The grieving relatives of Katie Allan William Lindsay have hit out at jail bosses after a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) ruled ...
Families of young people who died in YOI criticise prison system
Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, died within months of each other in Polmont YOI in ...
Six reforms laid out after Katie Allan and William Lindsay deaths
Justice secretary Angela Constance fought back tears as she apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Linsday for their deaths ...
Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says
Two people who took their own lives in a young offenders institution were “given a death sentence”, a solicitor acting for ...
Families of pair who died at Polmont YOI to meet First Minister
Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives at the facility within months of each other in 2018.
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Catalogue of failures led to young prisoner deaths
A fatal accident inquiry concludes that Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, may not have died if reasonable precautions ...
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Tearful justice secretary apologises for deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay
Justice secretary Angela Constance fought back tears as she apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Linsday for their deaths in Polmont, and set out six steps for death in custody reform ...
Young people who took own lives after ‘catalogue of failures’ at Polmont ‘given death sentence’
Ms Allan was found dead in her cell on 4 June while serving a 16-month term for drink-driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Mr Brown was found dead in his cell on 7 October, three ...
Families call criminal prosecutions over deaths of Polmont inmates
The families of two young people who took their lives while incarcerated in a Young Offenders’ Institute have called for the Scottish ...
Families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay call for prison reform as youths 'handed death sentence'
Solicitor, Aamer Anwar, said Katie and William were handed "a death sentence", as he called for Prime Minister Sir Keir ...
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Families of young people who died in YOI criticise prison system
Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, died within months of each other in Polmont YOI in 2018. Ms Allan, a student at Glasgow University, was found dead in her ...