The capacity expected to be added to the Scottish prison estate with the construction of two facilities will not be enough to ...
Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison ...
A £1 billion replacement for Scotland's most notorious jail still won't be enough to ease the overcrowding crisis in the ...
THE number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high despite the government’s early release schemes, figures ...
The number of people in Scotland's jails reached 8,430 on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record of 8,420 set in 2012.
The sister of a man with mental health problems who died following a seizure last year in his Barlinnie Prison cell is ...
There were 8,430 people behind bars on Tuesday (October 21), according to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), above the ...