Fatal accident inquiries will be held into the death of four inmates in Scottish prisons - three of which involved drugs.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has begun the court process for conjoined inquiries into the deaths of James Garscadden, Thomas Thompson and Marius Bauba, who were in custody at HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire.
The three men died within a four-month period and involved the consumption of a variety of illegal and prescription drugs, including etizolam, commonly known as 'street Valium'.
