Extending the presumption against short prison sentences will encourage the greater use of more effective community sentences and break cycles of reoffending, say Scottish government ministers.
The prison was found to have become safer and more respectful since the previous inspection, but rehabilitation and resettlement work was now assessed as poor, the lowest assessment.
Almost all rehabilitation staff are former patients trained and employed as physiotherapists, nurses, orthopaedic technicians, administrators and logisticians.
The prison, run by Serco, had become more violent since last inspected and there had been a “quite marked deterioration in the provision of education, skills and work”, though it was found to be a “mostly respectful” jail with reasonably good rehabilitation work.
A new physical rehabilitation centre has been opened in Mosul. Constructed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Ninawa Physical Rehabilitation Centre was handed over to the Ninawa Directorate of Health, Ministry of Health.