News
Lady Dorrian announced as RSE Fellow
The Chair of the Scottish Sentencing Council, Lady Dorrian, has been elected as a new Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy.
Sentencing young people guideline comes into effect
A NEW sentencing guideline developed by the Scottish Sentencing Council comes into effect in all courts in Scotland today (Wednesday, 26 January 2022).
Council holds webinar on sentencing young people guideline
The Scottish Sentencing Council is pleased to announce that it will be holding a joint webinar with CYCJ on its new 'Sentencing young people’ guideline on 20 January 2022.
Draft minutes of December 2021 meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council
The minutes of the Council’s meeting held in Paisley earlier this month are now available.
Council visits HMP Greenock and The Risk Management Authority
On 3rd December the Council visited HMP Greenock and the Risk Management Authority in Paisley. The Council also held its last business meeting of 2021 at the RMA. You can read more about the Council’s visits in our latest blog.