The prison bosses also revealed that keeping gang factions apart in jail is “a challenge”
They said the success of police and prosecutors putting more gangsters behind bars means extra work for officers inside battling to stop drugs getting into prison.
SPS said: “Every single prison in Scotland holds individuals with links to serious and organised crime.” Prison bosses said the rise in SOCG members is one of the most significant changes to the Scottish prison population in the past decade.With several key figures inside, prison staff are attempting to prevent operations from being run from behind bars and stop drugs from being imported to prisoners.
Fiona Cruickshanks, head of the SPS’s Public Protection Unit, said: “Initiatives such as the photocopying of mail, and Rapiscan machines to detect illicit substances, have led to a significant reduction in incidents of drug taking.and wellbeing, which gives people the best possible opportunity to engage constructively in rehabilitation courses, education and training.”The Scottish Government said work in prison was crucial to efforts to tackle organised crime.
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