Deaths in custody at Polmont YOI could have been avoided, inquiry finds

Katie Allan and William Brown took their own lives at Polmont YOI within months of each other in 2018 (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

The deaths of two young people who took their own lives while in custody in a young offenders institution “might have been avoided” and systemic failures contributed to the deaths, an inquiry has found.

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, took their own lives within months of each other while held at Polmont YOI in 2018.