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Call for sentencing policy review
By BBC News
Published: 04/16/2007

SCOTLAND - A record number of people now behind bars in Scotland has led to a call for a rethink on sentencing policy.

Last month there were 7,378 people in jail - a new high despite 15 years of falling crime rates.

Tony Cameron, who has retired as the Scottish Prison Service's chief executive, said prison overcrowding gets in the way of rehabilitation work. Read more.

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