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| Warning over level of funding |
| By Evening Times |
| Published: 09/30/2008 |
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SCOTLAND - Prisons will need extra funding if inmate numbers remain at their current level, MSPs will be warned today. Ministers have earmarked £454.7million for prisons in 2009-10, up from £441.3m in 2008-09. Mike Ewart, chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), said that would be enough if numbers do not rise above the projected 7600. The prison population hit a record 8,137 on September 15 and on Friday it stood at 8,033. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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