Convicted killer Luke Mitchell has failed drug tests behind bars, stalling his preparation for freedom
.The murderer, who insists he is innocent, was ordered to serve at least 20 years in prison and could get out on parole next year. In July 2021, Mitchell was moved from high-security Shotts jail in Lanarkshire to HMP Greenock, where he was housed in Chrisswell House – typically used to prepare long-term prisoners for progression to an open prison.
“He claims he’s only been taking drugs due to the treatment he’s receiving inside. It’s been explained to him that his community access was withdrawn due to his own actions but he’s refusing to engage with that.” An example draft letter sent to supporters – to be sent on to the authorities – claims that until recently he has been a “model prisoner”. But it insists the treatment he has received by the prison service has “all but broken him”.
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