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"If the justice minister has to go over a prisoner absconding, no-one is going to last more than a few months in the job"

Prison officers and legal experts rally to support Kenny Macaskill By Scottish Political Editor Tom Gordon

PRISON officers have accused opposition MSPs of undermining the service and whipping up public alarm over absconding prisoners to help them win votes in next week's European elections.