Block on Scots mentally ill female prisoners from Carstairs could breach human rights
Carstairs amid fears that excluding them is a human rights breach, a report has said.A review into the State Hospital said prohibiting women from the high-security facility was potentially sexual discrimination.Female inmates unfit for mainstream prison north of the Border have been treated at a unit in Nottinghamshire since 2007 following a lack of demand.It has cost the taxpayer £4.5million over the last 10 years for four Scottish women to be held at Rampton Secure Hospital, Forensic Mental Health Services found.Derek Barron, who headed the Scottish Government review into mental health services for offenders, said transferring women south wasn’t “fit for purpose” and had meant some female offenders had missed out on help.The director at