Prisoners are not tested for Covid when they are being freed back into the community – and calls have been made for procedures to be tightened up.
A relative of a prisoner recently freed from HMP Low Moss, in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, said he now faces an anxious wait to find out if he has contracted the virus after his family member tested positive just one day following his release.
Scottish Conservative Shadow Justice Secretary Jamie Greene said: “It is hugely concerning that prisoners are still not being routinely tested before they are released from jail during outbreaks on prison wings.”
A prison service spokesman said all inmates are given health guidance upon leaving prison.
They are advised they should self-isolate particularly if they are leaving an establishment where an outbreak has occurred.
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