THE mother of a student who took her own life in prison has marked the two-year anniversary of the last time she saw her daughter alive.

Glasgow University student Katie Allan, 21, tragically died while serving a 16-month sentence at YOI Polmont.

Her mother Linda Allan, from Giffnock, has said Katie struggled to cope while behind bars as she had been subjected to strip-searches and was being relentlessly bullied.

Linda has now posted on social media to mark the two years which have passed since she last saw Katie alive. 

Katie was locked up for a drink-driving offence that saw a 15-year-old boy being knocked unconscious on Eastwoodmains Road, Giffnock. 

Linda, a strategic professional adviser for the Scottish Government, posted: "Two years ago today I saw Katie in life for the last time. 

"She was broken and crushed by the @scottishprisons. 

"Two years later and we too are crushed by a system that does not deserve the name ‘justice’."

Since her daughter's tragic death, Linda has campaigned for radical reform for the way prisons deal with mental health. 

The family wants to see round-the-clock access to suicide helplines in jail, an end to solitary confinement for vulnerable inmates and a review of Fatal Accident Inquiry laws.

A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson added: "All deaths that occur in Scottish prisons are subject to a Fatal Accident Inquiry and as such it would be inappropriate to comment further until this takes place."