MINISTERS TOLD TO AXE JAIL PLAN

THE Scottish Government has been urged to discourage judges from issuing jail sentences of less than two years to cut the jail population.

- BY CRAIG PATON

THE Scottish Government has been urged to discourage judges from issuing jail sentences of less than two years to cut the jail population.

The number of people in prisons reached record highs last year, with the government forced to bring in a third early release system to ease pressure.