A follow up review published today by the HMIPS (HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland) looks at how the prison service needs to change to accommodate its ageing population – which has increased by 46% in the last three years.
“Seeing your young life passing by you, year after year. You come in a young man with all your hopes, but each year that you spend in jail you drift from family and friends until one day you find that you have grown old and have no one. You’re all alone with nothing to look forward to.” – Review participant.