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Suicide jail chiefs 'more concerned over lesbianism'
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PRISON chiefs were more concerned about a "cult of lesbianism"
than overcrowding at Scotland's only women's jail in the months
before a spate of suicides, the outgoing prisons inspector has
revealed.
Clive Fairweather says he was told the main problem at Cornton
Vale was sexual relations between inmates shortly after he took up
his post in 1994.
But in the following 15 months, six women were to kill themselves
inside the notorious jail, the victims - according to their families...
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Playpens behind the prison walls
Scotland on Sunday
; TO PASSERS-by it looks like an ordinary terrace of grey council houses with just the slightest air of neglect. Step inside and the rooms are tidy and bright, filled with cheap furniture and family photographs. But the women who live in these houses are far from ordinary. They are inmates of HM
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More women jailed: but should they really be there?
The Scotsman
; THE soaring number of women being locked up in prison was branded Scotland's "national shame" last night, as campaigners called for a change in attitudes towards the use of jail for vulnerable females. Ten years ago, Henry McLeish, then the Scottish home affairs minister, pledged to reduce the
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Record overcrowding level at Cornton Vale forces move to men's prison; Women in jail switch
Evening Times
; CLIVE FAIRWEATHER FEMALE prisoners are to be sent to an all-male jail for the first time in more than 30 years in a bid to tackle overcrowding. Around 50 inmates are being moved from Scotland's only women's prison, Cornton Vale near Stirling, where overcrowding is at record levels. The short-term
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Disaster feared at overcrowded women's prison; Jail inspector warns of more suicides at Cornton Vale
Evening Times
; OVERCROWDING at Scotland's only women's jail is a "recipe for disaster", the outgoing chief inspector of prisons has warned. Clive Fairweather fears suicide levels at Cornton Vale jail, near Stirling, will rise again over the coming months. Two young women hanged themselves at the jail last year,
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