Scotland’s prison population has reached a new high of 8,430, whilst at the same time the opening of the new HMP Glasgow – ...

Scotland's prison population has reached a record high. The number of people in custody has been rising for many months and ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) have scaled back its attempt to implement “pain free” restraint techniques due to the ...

Justice secretary Angela Constance said the move is necessary because of the ’emergency situation’ inside Scotland’s jails.

Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison ...

The number of people in Scotland's prisons has risen back above the level which sparked the early release of hundreds of inmates to free up space. More than 300 inmates, half of whom were serving ...

LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded prisons across the United Kingdom. “We have been managing an ...

SCOTS jail guards are set to fly to a paradise island to pick up a prisoner, we can reveal. The Barlinnie screws will this ...