Police have raced to the scene of an ongoing incident following a 'disturbance' on an Edinburgh street this evening.
30.11.2022 - 13:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A record number of people have died while serving time in prison across Scotland in the last three years, according to a new report from Glasgow University.
Academics found there have been 121 fatalities since the start of 2020, with suicide and drugs deaths on the rise and the death rate higher than in England.
The report found that from September 2020 to this year there were 29 deaths from suicide, 25 from drugs (with a further eight whose cause is undetermined), 15 to coronavirus, 42 attributed to 'other' causes such as medical conditions and two homicides.
It compares to 98 deaths in Scottish prisons in the previous three full years. Researchers acknowledged the impact of covid, however said the rise in suicide and drugs fatalities had been the most significant.
Researchers from Glasgow University claim that while covid infections had an impact on numbers, it was the increase in deaths from suicide and drugs that had been the most significant.
According to the report authors someone who was imprisoned this year would be twice as likely to pass away in jail as someone who was sentenced in 2008.
Professor Sarah Armstrong from Glasgow University and co-author of the report, said: "There are very few mandatory Covid restrictions affecting people outside prison, but these continue inside Scottish prisons, including reduced face-to-face visiting, less opportunities to spend time outside of cells, and fewer members of staffing. After many years of research, it is widely accepted that this kind of prolonged isolation causes significant mental distress.
"While the numbers of people dying in prisons remains deeply disturbing, the fact it has accelerated under these conditions and led to more deaths from causes associated with
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