Drug consumption rooms and better drug treatment are ‘necessary’ to save lives, says study
Scotland must offer drug users better treatment, access to drug consumption rooms and safer supply initiatives in order to save lives, new study claims.
Violent assaults increasing at Scotland’s troubled private prison
Violent assaults have been rising more steeply at HMP Addiewell – Scotland’s troubled private prison – than any other jail last year.
Concerns raised after refugee family housed in derelict estate
A charity is raising fears about asylum accommodation after a traumatised refugee family was housed on the edge of a notoriously derelict and abandoned estate in Port Glasgow.
More than 200 people died after contact with Police Scotland
More than 200 people have died either in police custody or after contact with Police Scotland, with figures increasing over the last decade, The Ferret has found.
Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry podcast – The golden hours
In episode five we hear about the 'golden hours' – the initial hours in the investigation into Sheku Bayoh's death that gave detectives the best opportunity to gather significant evidence.
The golden hours: inquiry reveals on investigating Sheku Bayoh’s death
As the third hearing of the public inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh starts, The Ferret looks at the evidence already heard about the police investigation.
Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry podcast – The death message
It’s now eight years since Sheku’s loved ones were told by police that he had died. That trauma, they say, was compounded by being misled when the news was broken to them.
Postcode lottery: Patients less likely to get face-to-face appointments with city GPs
Urban GPs with large patient lists are among those most likely to give patients phone consultations instead of face-to-face appointments, analysis by The Ferret has found.
Home Office bill will “scythe” protections for trafficking victims in Scotland, lawyers warn
The bill, which could see trafficking survivors detained indefinitely or deported to Rwanda, was a “gift to traffickers”, they claimed.
