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Scottish Prison Service

201200020 · Prisons › medical assessments/reports · Decision date: 01 January 2013
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Summary

Mr C, who is a prisoner, complained that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) unreasonably failed to comply with their statutory and procedural duties to him as a disabled prisoner. However, Mr C was freed from prison whilst we were investigating his complaint and did not provide us with a contact address. The SPS were also unable to provide a contact address and we had no option but to close our file on his case.

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