The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has confirmed that there have 27 been “liberations in error”, where people have been ...

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 FEMALE prison officer was left with a puncture wound to her neck and other injuries after a crazed con tried to kidnap her, ...

JK ROWLING is backing a killer hairdresser’s bid to sue prison chiefs after being cleared of an alleged hate crime against a ...

LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of ...

Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison population hit an all-time high of 8,430 last week, beating the previous ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were 8,430 people behind bars on Tuesday, above the previous high of 8,420, with the ...

After facing pressure to intervene in the transfer of a transgender convicted rapist to an all-women’s prison, Scotland’s government has decided to stop transferring such inmates with a history of ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were 8,430 people behind bars on Tuesday, above the previous high of 8,420, with the ...

VIOLENT criminals, weapons thugs and drug users are among the prisoners released by mistake from Scotland’s jails – with one ...