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HMP Addiewell
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Private prison profits: Addiewell pays £3m to shareholders amid safety fears and rising deaths
The company which owns Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3m to shareholders in less than two
Scots prisons recorded 97 allegations of ‘sexual assault and inappropriate behaviour’
Scottish prisons have recorded nearly 100 allegations of “sexual assault and inappropriate behaviour” and 12,511 claims of physical assault
Violent assaults increasing at Scotland’s troubled private prison
Violent assaults have been rising more steeply at HMP Addiewell – Scotland’s troubled private prison – than any other jail last