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Publication - Impact assessment

Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill: equality impact assessment

Published
19 November 2024
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Law and order
ISBN
9781836910190

This equality impact assessment (EQIA) has been carried out to assess the impact of the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill across the protected characteristics of age, disability, sex, pregnancy and maternity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race and religion or belief.

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Footnotes

1. Supporting documents - Scottish prison population projections: September 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 (legislation.gov.uk)

3. Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (legislation.gov.uk)

4. The Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (legislation.gov.uk)

5. The Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

6. Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)

7. Supporting documents - Scottish prison population projections: September 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. Long-term prisoner release process: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. Public Information Page (sps.gov.uk)

10. tenth PRISON SURVEY (sps.gov.uk)

11. Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (LDD) - Prison population: social care needs - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12. Understanding the Mental Health Needs of Scotland's Prison Population (www.gov.scot)

13. Associations between significant head injury and persisting disability and violent crime in women in prison in Scotland, UK: a cross-sectional study - The Lancet Psychiatry

14. Public Information Page (sps.gov.uk)

15. Women-and-Prison.pdf (sccjr.ac.uk)

16. Public Information Page (sps.gov.uk)

17. LGBT_People_in_Prisons_Full_Report_09_FEB_21_WEB.pdf (dundee.ac.uk)

18. Public Information Page (sps.gov.uk)

19. LGBT_People_in_Prisons_Full_Report_09_FEB_21_WEB.pdf (dundee.ac.uk)

20. Public Information Page (sps.gov.uk)

21. Whole Lives Scotland | National survivor survey - SafeLives

22. Statistics and Key Information | Rape Crisis Scotland

Contact

Email: communityjustice.consult@gov.scot

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