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Scottish Prison Service

SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) Not Upheld Reference 201400316 Sector Prisons Category transfer to another prison Decided 01 July 2014

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Mr C, who is a prisoner, complained to us that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) had failed to transfer him to an appropriate prison.

Our investigation found that the SPS were entitled to hold Mr C in the prison he was currently in, and we did not uphold his complaint. The SPS also told us, however, that they had agreed that Mr C would transfer to a more appropriate prison when a suitable time to do that was identified.

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