Storm debris littered across Scotland’s railway network has resulted in mass disruption for train travellers.
08.11.2021 - 12:34 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Dumfries Prison staff have been praised for their handling of two coronavirus outbreaks during the Covid-19 pandemic.
However prisoners were denied “core human rights” when visiting was suspended during the second outbreak and the building itself is in need of updating.
Those were the findings of a recent Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland report which praised the leadership of the facility during the outbreaks.
The report states: “HMP Dumfries was the first prison in Scotland to suffer a
Storm debris littered across Scotland’s railway network has resulted in mass disruption for train travellers.
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