Families of young people who died in YOI criticise prison system

The families of two young people who died in Polmont YOI have hit out at the prison system (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

The mother of a student who took her own life in a Young Offenders Institution has said she was “brutalised” in custody, while the brother of a 16-year-old boy who died there accused the prison service of acting like a god.

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, died within months of each other in Polmont YOI in 2018.