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Evening Standard
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Katrine Bussey

Constance vows ‘lasting change’ after suicides at Polmont YOI

William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, and Katie Allan, 21 (Handout/Aamer Anwar & Co/PA) -

Scotland’s Justice Secretary has promised there will be “lasting change” following the deaths of two young people who took their own lives while in custody.

The families of Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16 – who died within months of each other at Polmont Young Offenders Institution – were watching in Holyrood’s public gallery as Angela Constance said she expects work to be “delivered at pace” following a fatal accident inquiry into their deaths.

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