Commission on English Prisons Today
Visit to Scotland
26-27 February 2008
The trip included
- Visit to Edinburgh prison
- Meeting with the Scottish Prisons Commission
- Visit to Sacro - Community Links Centre
- Meetings with Ministers: Kenny MacAskill MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Early Years
- Visit to Children's Hearing system
- Meeting with Howard League Scotland
- The Commission also met with a number of key stakeholders including: David McKenna, Chief Executive, Victim Support; Kathleen Marshall, Commissioner for Children and Young People; Derek McGill, Governor, HMYOI Polmont; Dr Andrew McLellan, Chief Inspector of Prisons and Mike Duffy, Director of Prisons, Scottish Prison Service Board