A teenager has killed himself at one of Scotland’s only young offender facilities, a month after a Holyrood bill intended to prevent under-18s from being sent to prison became law.
Jonathan Beadle, 17, died at Polmont young offender institution near Falkirk on Saturday, the Scottish Prison Service confirmed. It is believed that he took his own life. It is understood he had been convicted of offences including breach of the peace and had previously been held at a secure care unit.
