Scottish prisoners released 614 prisoners early in a drive to reduce overcrowding – only for jails to end up more full than ...

New data shows more than 600 prisoners have been released early from Scotland's jails since November but it has done little ...

Scotland's prison population has reached a record high. The number of people in custody has been rising for many months and on Tuesday hit 8,430. That number surpasses the previous record of 8,420 set ...

A former prison governor warned there were “no women’s prisons in Scotland” due to a policy which will be subject to a judicial review next month. Rhona Hotchkiss, a former governor of now-closed HMP ...

A Scottish Green election candidate is facing criticism after revealing she wants to abolish prisons. Kate Nevens - who is standing on the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list - says she is "keen ...

LAST autumn at the POA Scotland’s conference in Peebles, my union launched the Crisis Point Reached report, an in-depth examination of the pressures facing Scotland’s prison officers. The report was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new HMP Glasgow will have a sleek, modern look, according to architects Holmes Miller - SPS/Holmes Miller Scotland’s new £1 ...

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. Subscribe to read this story ...

Foreign national prisoners in Scotland face a complex and often unclear legal situation. While deportation powers are ...