'Staggering' £77,500-per-prisoner annual cost despite 25 years of jail crisis alerts

'Staggering' £77,500-per-prisoner annual cost despite 25 years of jail crisis alerts

The taxpayer cost of Scotland's jails has soared to over £77,000 per prisoner - as the price of building new jails to end overcrowding has skyrocketed while projects to try to end the crisis have been delayed by at least five years.

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