A Scottish Prison Service boss says there are “no plans” for more cell searches despite soaring numbers of inmates being caught with drugs.
Fiona Cruickshanks claims guards spending more time searching for contraband would mean less “meaningful engagement” with prisoners.
Ms Cruickshanks, the Scottish Prison Service’s head of operations and public protection, was giving evidence at a probe into the death of killer Rene Howieson.
The 39-year-old died in hospital in May 2020 after apparently taking an illicit substance at HMP Shotts in Lanarkshire. He was serving a life sentence for the murder of neighbour Colin Skilbeck, 41, in Edinburgh in 2017.
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