Born in 1946 and brought up in Cupar, Fife, I was educated at the local school - 
Commenting on figures by the Scottish Prison service which showed that the prison population reached it highest annual level since records began last year, SNP Prisons Spokesperson Stewart Stevenson MSP said:
"It's time for a credible and coherent prison policy that locks up dangerous offenders and deals with petty offenders in the community.
"Rather than filling up prisons with minor offenders and building private prisons that cost the tax payer millions, an SNP Government will ensure that prisons are used to detain dangerous criminals and punish serious offences.
"Only the SNP can win the election in May and deliver the positive changes we need to reform our justice system."
Karen Adam is now the MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast
