http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=2028472005
MICHAEL HOWIE
"THOUSANDS of offenders who fail to pay their fines will be spared jail under moves likely to be approved by ministers to tackle record prison numbers. Pilot schemes running in Glasgow and Ayr have resulted in more than 700 offenders who defaulted on their fines in the last five months given community-based supervised attendance orders (SAOs) instead of the usual few days behind bars. "
