National Preventive Mechanism Fifth Annual Report 2013–14 The Scottish government continued to report on its progress in implementing the final report of the Commission on Women Offenders (published April 2012).21,22 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland noted plans to design and develop HMP Inverclyde, a national facility that would replace the current women’s prison HMP & YOI Cornton Vale, and acknowledged with satisfaction the considerable investment to improve the living conditions at Cornton Vale during the year. A regional unit for women opened at the new HMP & YOI Grampian in March 2014 and plans for a further regional unit at HMP Edinburgh were announced.23 Future legislation Legislative proposals that include reforms to detention in the UK were presented during the year: • Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, introduced in June 2013, containing a broad range of new measures24 • Immigration Bill, introduced in October 2013, which includes provisions relating to the detention of unaccompanied children and pre-departure accommodation for families25 • Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, introduced in February 2014, which sets out the legislative framework for the creation of new ‘secure colleges’ for the detention of under-18-year-olds.26 21 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Review/commissiononwomenoffenders/finalreport-2012 22 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/policies/reducing-reoffending/women-offenders and http://www.scottish. parliament.uk/S4_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/20131024_CSfJ_2nd_progress_report_on_CWO.pdf 23 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0045/00454059.pdf p. 8 24 http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/65155.aspx 25 This bill achieved Royal Assent in May 2014. http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/immigration.html 26 http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/criminaljusticeandcourts.html 16