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Nick Forbes

We are fed up of apologies, say family of young woman who died in Polmont YOI

The parents of a Katie Allan, who took her own life while in custody in Polmont YOI in 2018, said they are ‘fed up’ of apologies (Nick Forbes/PA) -

The parents of a young woman who took her own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution have said they are “fed up” of apologies, ahead of a meeting at Holyrood with Justice Secretary Angela Constance.

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont, which is run by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).

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