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Scottish Government and Parliament enables early release of 150> violent offenders

Published on 16 June 2025 | Deep link: ://iq2qq.com{postSlug || ''}

The Scottish Parliament: Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill:

https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/s6/prisoners-early-release-scotland-bill

BBC: More than 150 violent offenders released early in Scotland:

"The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has revealed that 312 inmates who had completed 40% of their sentence were allowed out of jail to free up space...

The SPS said the move to release prisoners early had provided some respite but, with a rising population, further reductions were needed...

A total of 152 of the people released had committed non-sexual crimes of violence.

A further 69 had committed "crimes against society" and 52 were in jail for crimes of dishonesty...

A SPS spokesperson said: "We released people through these tranches in a way which prioritised the safety and wellbeing of those in our care, victims, and the communities we serve..."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62622pl881o

Elysia Crampton: Dissolution of the Sovereign: A Time Slide Into the Future (Or: A Non-Abled Offender’s Exercise in Jurisprudence):

"The future is our domain
The here and now is a prison-house...

How long it ago, it all was
The end of carceral bondage
The final collapse of the prison-industrial complex
Those of trans resistance
Along with the remaining citizens of Non
Battled relentlessly
In an epic..."

Music video used for transformative purposes

Jurisprudence:

“The study of law and the principles on which law is based.

They were a part of a living, evolving tradition of jurisprudence which accepted contradictions within its fold.”

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/jurisprudence