The Sunday Mail can disclose Kilmarnock and Glenochil both have major overcrowding issues.
The crisis in Scotland’s prison service is worsening with an increase in riot-style incidents, a lack of staff and too many inmates.Relatives of prisoners also claim there are long delays with access to support for substance addiction while others have complained about poor quality food.
The prison holds 628 inmates, 25 per cent above its design capacity of 501, with 35 arriving since the transition to Scottish Prison Service management, a six per cent rise in ten weeks. One officer said: “In the past three or four years, I’ve seen two inciden-ts involving staff kitted out, break-ing up trouble with full kit – body armour and riot shields.“I’ve been told there have been at least two more since that I did not witness, and there have also been two incidents involving a prisoner threatening to throw himself over a top landing railing."
Another officer added: “Food quality is so poor people are hungry. They are wasting money on food items, they binned 1200 eggs, 500 fresh doghnuts and tins of beans were all crushed, instead of being given to prisoners.” Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'.
The number of prisoners has increased by 400 since March 18 and earlier this month there were 8365 people behind bars - the highest number since 2012.
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