Publication - Impact assessment

Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill: Fairer Scotland Duty impact assessment

Published: 19 November 2024
From: Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Law and order
ISBN: 9781836910244

This Fairer Scotland Duty assessment examines the impact of the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill on socio-economic disadvantage and inequality of outcome.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

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

2 Scottish Prison Population Statistics 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3 Hard Edge Scotland- The Robertson Trust (https://therobertsontrust.org.uk)

4 Constructive Connections: building resilience of families affected by the criminal justice system- Families Outside (https://familiesoutside.org.uk)

5 Scottish Prison Service Survey 2019- Scottish Prison Service (https://www.sps.gov.uk)

6 Paying the Price: A Project on the Financial Impact on Families of Imprisonment and Release- Families Outside (https://www.familiesoutside.org.uk)

7 Scottish Prison Population Statistics 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8 Scottish Prison Service Survey 2019- Scottish Prison Service (https://www.sps.gov.uk)

9 Housing and Reoffending: Supporting people who serve short-term sentences to secure and sustain stable accommodation on release (www.gov.scot)

10 EHRC Is Scotland Fairer report

11 Scottish Quality Standards: Housing Advice, Information and support for people in and leaving prison-Scottish Prison Service (https://www.sps.gov.uk)

12 Scottish Prison Service Survey 2019- Scottish Prison Service (https://www.sps.gov.uk)

13 Employability And Justice - No One Left Behind: next steps for employability support - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

14 In Brief Issue8 (familiesoutside.org.uk)

15 Paying the Price: A Project on the Financial Impact on Families of Imprisonment and Release- Families Outside (https://www.familiesoutside.org.uk)

16 Judged on progress: The need for urgent delivery on Scottish justice sector reforms

17 Drug Deaths Taskforce meeting: April 2020

18 Response 204404789 to Bail and release from custody arrangements in Scotland - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space

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