SCOTLAND'S prison service chief said yesterday he believes 99 per cent of female inmates are on drugs when they begin their sentences.
The statement by Tony Cameron, chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service, came in a written response to a parliamentary question by SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson.
No exact figures are kept on new arrivals at Cornton Vale - Scotland's only female prison - but every inmate is offered help for alcohol, drug or mental health problems.
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