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Prison Service
David Whitton (Labour) | Question S3W-38808
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to move the specialist unit for sex offenders at HMP Peterhead to the replacement prison at Low Moss.
Kenny MacAskill (Scottish National Party)
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:
Convicted sex offenders are currently held in a number of establishments across the SPS estate; including Peterhead, Polmont, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Barlinnie and Glenochil. There are no plans to move sex offenders held at HMP Peterhead to HMP Low Moss when it opens in 2012.