As part of our reform of the criminal justice system we aredetermined to reduce reoffending and invest to modernise the prison estate.This will reduce overcrowding and improve conditions in prisons.Our prison reforms havealready resulted in real changes:We have improved the basicconditions in which we expect offenders to tackle offending behaviour.The Scottish Prison Service(SPS) has moved some long-term prisoners out of Barlinnie to reduceovercrowding.Accommodation for male YoungOffenders has been consolidated in improved conditions at Polmont.For those who still have toslop out at Barlinnie and Polmont, we have provided more time and betterfacilities to do so.A new...