New figures show Scotland has the highest proportion of prisoners on remand in Western Europe.
Ian Duddy, chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, said there was a crisis in remand in ScotlandThe number of people in Scotland's prisons awaiting trial has hit "crisis point", according to the chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Commission .
New figures - seen by the BBC - show Scotland's rate of remand per 100,000 of the national population is higher than that of England, France, and most Western European countries. "There is a direct impact on the human rights of those held on remand and their families who are waiting for them to be sentenced and also the victims who are waiting for justice."David Abernethy, the governor of HMP Edinburgh, said it was a "mystery" to him why Scotland had such a high rate of remand prisoners.
Rachel said people lost their homes, their children and jobs while they were in prison awaiting trial. "Some of them have been on remand for two years - it's the unknowing," she said. "At least I came in knowing what date I was going to get out."He said the uncertainty of remand was far harder to endure.
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