A 16-year-old boy took his own life at Polmont Young Offenders Institution shortly after arriving. This incident is being investigated along with the death of another inmate, Katie Allan.
The only "offence" the 16-year-old was guilty of was to be born into an unstable life. But the teenager would die behind bars after taking his own life at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in October 2018 - less than three days after he had arrived. Few people knew who William, also known as William Lindsay, until a fatal accident inquiry began in January into his death and that of Katie Allan , 21.
She had taken her own life at Polmont four months before William arrived at the prison - but that is where the similarities between the pair end.Katie was sentenced to 16 months in prison in March 2018 for causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving over the alcohol limit. The Glasgow University geography student struggled with prison life and was found dead in her cell at Polmont in June of that year. Since then, her parents Linda and Stuart have featured heavily in the media highlighting her case, her treatment in prison and campaigning tirelessly to be represented at a fatal accident inquiry to be held into her deat
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