The Scottish Prisons Commission was a commission established by the

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in 2007 to "analyse the impact for courts, prisons and community justice services of early release provisions contained in the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007".Scottish Prisons Commission - About
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Terms of reference

The terms of reference were: *Consider how imprisonment is currently used in Scotland and how that use fits with the Government’s wider strategic objectives. *Raise the public profile of this issue, providing better information to allow a deeper understanding of the options, outcomes and costs. *Assess the impact for courts, prisons and community justice services of early release provisions of the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007.

Members

The members were: *The Rt. Hon.

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, Minister for Devolution and Home Affairs *Dr Karin Dotter-Schiller – Acting Director-General, Prison Service in the Federal Ministry of Justice in Vienna,

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Alistair Duff – Dundee; Chair, Dundee branch of the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending *Geraldine Gammell – Director,

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in Scotland *Richard Jeffrey – President, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce; Chair, Edinburgh Tourism Action Group *

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