Conditions in Scotland’s largest jail are “shameful”, a senior prisons official has said. HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow has been ...

Prior to Covid, remand levels in prisons were between 15% to 17%. Since the pandemic, it has remained “stubbornly high”, ...

An alarming rise in boiling water attacks on Scots prison officers has sparked calls for a 'kettle ban' at prisons.

Overcrowding is the biggest issue in Scotland’s prisons, the prison officers’ union has said. The comments come following reports that the prison population now exceeds the number locked up before the ...

NOTORIOUS double killer Billy Ferris – brother of ex-gangland kingpin Paul – has died behind bars. The Scottish Prison Service confirmed that Ferris, 75, passed away in custody at HMP ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons is now higher than before the early release scheme implemented earlier this year.

Plans to build a prison worth almost a billion pounds in Glasgow before replacing Greenock’s crumbling 115-year-old jail have been slammed by ...

Trained prisoners in Low Moss and Barlinnie are helping hundreds of their peers through depression, suicidal thoughts, ...

A MURDERER stabbed a man through the heart after dousing him in boiling water and sugar. Gavin Gallagher, 34, hurled the ...

Seven men are due to be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday for the murder of Greenock dad Neil Canney. (Image: Newsquest) The jury unanimously convicted Russell of murder, attempted ...

A similar early release scheme in 2024 saw the release of 477 short-term inmates who had served at least 50% of their ...