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The Scottish government is being urged to discourage judges from issuing prison sentences shorter than two years to address the rising prison population. Justice Secretary Angela Constance established the Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission, which recommends extending the current presumption against short sentences from one year to 24 months. The report highlights that Scotland's prison population reached a record high of 8,420 last October. Constance said: "There is no silver bullet but these considered recommendations can help us achieve a sustainable prison population." A national decarceration plan is also proposed.
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