Full Jail Terms Would Cost Gbp160m a Year Prisoner Numbers Could Rise by 4000

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SCOTLAND'S prison population could rise to 10,600 at an additional cost of GBP160m a year to taxpayers if ministers agree that criminals should serve their full sentence.

Cathy Jamieson, the justice minister, has said in an answer to a parliamentary question that the number in jail would rise by between 3000 and 4000 in five to six years if convicted criminals were forced to serve theirwhole sentence.

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Full Jail Terms Would Cost Gbp160m a Year Prisoner Numbers Could Rise by 4000

The news follows the revelation that the sentencing commission is to recommend that automatic early release be replaced with prisoners "earning"...

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