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Plans to introduce "painfree" restraint techniques in Scotland's prisons , in the wake of the Allan Marshall scandal, have been derailed by an overcrowding crisis. ‌

The news comes after the Scottish Prison Service admitted the brutal death of inmate Allan, 30, in 2015 was unlawful after excessive force was used by multiple officers. ‌

Allan, from Carluke in South Lanarkshire, was on remand at HMP Edinburgh when he was restrained face down by 17 prison officers and died four days later. ‌

SPS began piloting new "non-pain-inducing" control and restraints in three jails for women, young people and adult males last year.

However, despite the pilot's success in reducing violent incidents and "floor restraints", the SPS' annual report has revealed a pla

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