The Scottish Prison Service's gas and electricity bills rise by 47% as it faces the threat of budget cuts.
She also warned that essential rehabilitative regimes could be lost and health and welfare support put at risk.
In a resource spending review published in May, the Scottish government proposed a flat cash settlement for the criminal justice system until March 2027. HMP Shotts is the national facility for long-term prisoners. Of the 540 men behind its bars, 240 are serving life sentences. The criminal justice committee at the Scottish Parliament is due to hear evidence on Wednesday from officials from the prison service, courts service and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.The courts service and Crown Office say budget cuts will hamper their efforts to address the backlog of cases caused by the pandemic and could halt the development of new initiatives to deal with sexual offences.
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