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

Katie Allan, a student at Glasgow University, died by suicide aged just 21, in Polmont prison after she was bullied in her cell. 

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Her mother, Linda has posted on social media to mark the two years which have passed since she last saw her daughter alive. 

Allan was serving a six-month sentence in the Falkirk prison for a drink-driving accident which saw a 15-year-old boy being knocked unconscious on Eastwoodmains Road in Giffnock. 

Linda said: "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’."

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She later posted a photo of Katie with the caption: "'And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief' William Cullen Bryant

"Gabh fois gu math mo nighean bhrèagha. [Rest well my beautiful daughter]"

Her followers responded with support for Linda, including Professor Craig White, a clinical psychologist, who said: "I often think of you, your family and of Katie and will take a moment tonight to reflect on the pain of what you all experienced, the distress at all that’s followed and my deep respect for all you do to challenge driven by the wish for change & improvement".

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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 spokeswoman for the Scottish Prisons Service said: "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."