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Article: Carstairs chief calls for release of women
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- Scotland on Sunday
- Article date:
- June 13, 2004
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ALL female patients at Carstairs - including at least one killer -
are set to be released to lower security institutions because they do
not pose a significant risk to the public, Scotland on Sunday can
reveal.
Andreana Adamson, the chief executive of the high-security mental
hospital, has recommended the controversial move on the basis the 14
women are only a risk to themselves, and their treatment is hampered
by the presence of male patients.
Adamson's plan means that in future any female criminals sent into
psychiatric care would be treated at 'medium secure' facilities such
as the Orchard Clinic, part of the Royal Edinburgh, and the proposed
unit at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, where ...