Criminal Justice Committee
Agenda: 05 June 2024
Wednesday, 05 June 2024
23rd Meeting, 2024
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
2. Emergency release of prisoners and other key challenges in Scotland’s prisons
The Committee will take evidence from—
- Professor Sarah Armstrong
Professor of Criminology
University of Glasgow - Kate Wallace
Chief Executive Officer
Victim Support Scotland - Lynsey Smith
Chair of the Justice Standing Committee
Social Work Scotland - Wendy Sinclair-Gieben
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland - Phil Fairlie
Deputy General Secretary
Prison Officers Association Scotland - Paula Arnold
Governor, HMP and YOI Stirling, Vice Chair
Prison Governors Association (Scotland) - Ian Bryce
Legal Vice Chair
Parole Board for Scotland
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Paper 1 - Prisons Note by the Clerk (455KB, pdf) posted 31 May 2024
3. Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Sheriff (Removal from Office) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/148)
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Paper 2 - Subordinate Legislation (171KB, pdf) posted 31 May 2024
4. Emergency release of prisoners and other key challenges in Scotland’s prisons
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.