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Publication - Research and analysis

Scottish Prisons Assessment and Review of Outcomes for Women (SPAROW): executive summary

Published
17 December 2025
From
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, +1 more … Chief Social Researcher
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate, +1 more … Justice Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781806434329

Summary research findings (including theory of change, key messages and recommendations) on the early impact and emerging outcomes of the application of the Scottish Prison Service Strategy for Women in Custody 2021-2025 in the context of the new Community Custody Units (CCUs).

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Footnotes

1 Report of the Commission for Women Offenders (Angiolini Report) (2012)

2 At the time of the evaluation the prison establishments (closed conditions) where women were moved from to a CCU, were: HMP & YOI Polmont; HMP Greenock; HMP Grampian; HMP & YOI Stirling, and; HMP Edinburgh.

3 Vince & Edison 2023; His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons 2024.

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