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New plan for early release of short-term prisoners in Scotland

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79% Informative

New law would see most people serving less than four years being released after serving 40% of their sentence.

Scotland 's prison population was 8,253 at the start of November above the target operating capacity of 8,007 .

Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the bill would ensure jails continued to function safely.

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83

Informative language

80

Neutral language

75

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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1

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