Prison Service ‘Closed Ranks’ After Young Offender Took His Own Life, FAI Finds

Prison service ‘closed ranks’ after young offender took his own life, FAI finds

Jack McKenzie, 20, died at Polmont YOI in September 2021. Failing to discipline prison officers after an inmate took his own life “condoned” bad practice at a young offenders’ institution, the Scottish Prison Service has been warned by a sheriff. Jack McKenzie, 20, died in his cell at Polmont YOI in September 2021, nine months after being remanded on rape and sexual assault charges, which he denied. Mr McKenzie was pronounced dead in his cell at…

Scottish Prison Service 'closed ranks' after young offender took his own life

Sheriff makes seven recommendations following fatal accident inquiry into the death of Jack McKenzie in September 2021.

TURIN – Hanid Bodoui, 42, took his own life shortly before the hearing to validate his arrest with Judge Federica Bompieri. The 42-year-old was arrested between Saturday and Sunday for resisting arrest, contempt and assault. The lifeless body of the man, who hanged himself using nooses, was found this morning around 6:00 am, in Pavilion B of the Lorusso Cutugno prison in Turin. The Sappe, an autonomous penitentiary police union, reported what ha…