Scottish Government and Parliament enables early release of 150> violent offenders
The Scottish Parliament: Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill:
https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/s6/prisoners-early-release-scotland-bill
BBC: More than 150 violent offenders released early in Scotland:
"The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has revealed that 312 inmates who had completed 40% of their sentence were allowed out of jail to free up space...
The SPS said the move to release prisoners early had provided some respite but, with a rising population, further reductions were needed...
A total of 152 of the people released had committed non-sexual crimes of violence.
A further 69 had committed "crimes against society" and 52 were in jail for crimes of dishonesty...
A SPS spokesperson said: "We released people through these tranches in a way which prioritised the safety and wellbeing of those in our care, victims, and the communities we serve..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62622pl881o
Elysia Crampton: Dissolution of the Sovereign: A Time Slide Into the Future (Or: A Non-Abled Offender’s Exercise in Jurisprudence):
"The future is our domain
The here and now is a prison-house...
How long it ago, it all was
The end of carceral bondage
The final collapse of the prison-industrial complex
Those of trans resistance
Along with the remaining citizens of Non
Battled relentlessly
In an epic..."
Music video used for transformative purposes
Jurisprudence:
“The study of law and the principles on which law is based.
They were a part of a living, evolving tradition of jurisprudence which accepted contradictions within its fold.”
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/jurisprudence


