Shocking data has shown a 60 percent surge in prison custody deaths in a single year.
Deaths recorded in prison custody have more than doubled since 2015 - as a result there are calls for action to be taken to avoid these tragedies.
The deaths of 21-year-old Katie Allan at Polmont Young Offenders institute in 2018 and Allan Marshall, after he was restrained by prison officers during a struggle at Saughton prison in 2015, were amongst a host of notable Scottish prison deaths in the recent past.
Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: “I obtained these figures after a frantic constituent contacted me out of concern for their relative in prison custody.
