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News - 22 January 2010

Half of Scottish criminals were drunk

Research has found that the number of inmates in Scottish prisons who were under the influence of drink when they carried out their offence has increased from 40% four years ago to 50% in 2009.

The rise was revealed in the latest Scottish Prison Service annual prisoner survey - which also found 45% of prisoners were under the influence of drugs at the time of their offence.



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