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Given the way in which resources are allocated at present, we must be clear about what interventions give the best outcomes. There is increasing evidence that resources should be shifted into areas where there is a good evidence base.
Those are not small problems—they are some of the biggest in Scotland—but they need to be tackled from the root. In many cases, they cannot be best tackled in our prisons.I was shocked by some of the statistics.
The Committee also encouraged the Scottish Government to look to other redress schemes for examples of best practice in relation to non-financial redress.
It comes down to the pressure to cut budgets.There are implications for society if our best papers cannot operate on the scale that they should be operating on.