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LibDems unveil 'radical' prisons plan

Plans to merge prison and probation services are the most radical proposals to tackle crime since the advent of Holyrood, says Nicol Stephen.

Plans to merge prison and probation services were described by the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, Nicol Stephen, yesterday as the most radical proposals to tackle crime since the advent of Holyrood.