The police, fire service and prison service had all asked for extra funding to strengthen their numbers and resources.

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

Some Scottish prisons have been described as “dangerously out of control” in a report produced by the Criminal Justice ...

THE “systemic failure of health provision” is at the root of the drugs crisis facing Scotland’s prisons, according to ...

Ex-prison governor says there are ‘no women’s prisons in Scotland’ - Rhona Hotchkiss criticised the Scottish Prison Services’ ...

Ministers have published legal arguments on the issue ahead of a hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh next month.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...