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Scottish Government not meeting community justice target, says watchdog
The proportion of community sentences used has stagnated in Scotland in recent years (Danny Lawson/PA)
A Scottish Government pledge on community justice has not been achieved, Audit Scotland has said.
Ministers have long sought to shift the balance of criminal justice away from incarceration and increase the use of community sentences such as community payback orders, drug programmes or electronic monitoring.
Scotland has one of the highest incarceration rates of any country in Western Europe, despite a presumption against short sentences being put in place by the Scottish Government in an attempt to dissuade judges from handing out jail periods of less than 12 months.
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Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said his party would introduce 16 Bills at Holyrood (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Legislation to introduce a “right to rehab” for those struggling with drink or drugs has been included in over a dozen new bills the Scottish Conservatives want to try to get through Holyrood.
Douglas Ross said his party wanted to introduce 16 Bills to the Scottish Parliament after what he said was their “best ever” Holyrood election result.
The Scottish Conservatives are planning 16 new bills as the hard work begins to becoming what Douglas Ross calls a real alternative to Nicola Sturgeon s SNP. “Right to rehab” legislation for those struggling with drink or drugs has been included in the raft of new bills the party will try to get through Holyrood. Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross said his party wanted to introduce a grand total of 16 Bills to the Scottish Parliament, after what he described as their “best ever” Holyrood election result. He insisted he wanted the party to become a “real alternative” to the SNP. The SNP secured a record fourth term in government in Edinburgh, with Ms Sturgeon’s party winning 64 seats – one more than in 2016 but critically one short of a majority in the Scottish Parliament.