Criminal Justice Committee [Session 6]

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Meeting Agenda

23rd Meeting, 2024

• Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Friday, May 31, 2024 01:49pm

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1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

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2 Emergency release of prisoners and other key challenges in Scotland’s prisons

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Professor Sarah Armstrong, Professor of Criminology, University of Glasgow

Kate Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Victim Support Scotland

Lynsey Smith, Chair of the Justice Standing Committee, Social Work Scotland

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Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland

Phil Fairlie, Deputy General Secretary, Prison Officers Association Scotland

Paula Arnold, Governor, HMP and YOI Stirling, Vice Chair, Prison Governors Association (Scotland)

Ian Bryce, Legal Vice Chair, Parole Board for Scotland

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Paper 1 - Prisons Note by the Clerk posted 31/05/2024 (Ref: CJ/S6/24/23/1, 455KB, pdf)

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3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

Sheriff (Removal from Office) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/148)

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Paper 2 - Subordinate Legislation posted 31/05/2024 (Ref: CJ/S6/24/23/2, 171KB, pdf)

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4 Emergency release of prisoners and other key challenges in Scotland’s prisons

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

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