The grand prisoner free-for-all has moved up a gear with plans to free more than 800 of them to tackle crowded jails. And there are plenty of hardened thugs among their number.
The grand prisoner free-for-all has moved up a gear with plans to free more than 800 of them to tackle crowded jails in Scotland.
It's a 'necessary and proportionate response to an emergency situation', according to Scottish Justice Secretary Angela Constance.
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