Katie Allan and William Lindsay took their own lives while behind bars at Polmony Young Offenders Institute near Falkirk.
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said yesterday it accepted all of the recommendations made in a sheriff's determination in full, following a fatal accident inquiry into their deaths.
They said there will be "an overhaul" of the body's suicide prevention policy, Talk To Me.
In January, a sheriff ruled the deaths of the two young inmates, which occurred four months apart, were the result of a catalogue of failures by the SPS and healthcare staff.
Sheriff SG Collins KC identified a series of safety failings and defects where staff failed to pass on vital information that could have prevented the suicides of Katie, 21, and William, 16.
Glasgow University student Katie - who was serving a jail term imposed over a drunken hit-and-run was found dead in her cell on June 4, 2018.
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William, who had been in care repeatedly, was detained after he had walked into a police sta...
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said yesterday it accepted all of the recommendations made in a sheriff's determination in full, following a fatal accident inquiry into their deaths.
They said there will be "an overhaul" of the body's suicide prevention policy, Talk To Me.
In January, a sheriff ruled the deaths of the two young inmates, which occurred four months apart, were the result of a catalogue of failures by the SPS and healthcare staff.
Sheriff SG Collins KC identified a series of safety failings and defects where staff failed to pass on vital information that could have prevented the suicides of Katie, 21, and William, 16.
Glasgow University student Katie - who was serving a jail term imposed over a drunken hit-and-run was found dead in her cell on June 4, 2018.
image [https://cdn.magzter.com/1583517504/1741917540/articles/K2095y47B24XIQUDXusys/9132914194.jpg]
William, who had been in care repeatedly, was detained after he had walked into a police sta...
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