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

The SNP has launched a secret legal bid to keep biological men in women’s prisons by forcing a change to the Equality Act.

Scottish jails resemble “a mini UN conference”, an academic has claimed, amid calls to deport foreign criminals to ease overcrowding. Jim Watson, a criminal justice lecturer at the University of the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Scotland's prisons are “dangerously out of control” due to overcrowding, budget cuts and gangland feuds behind bars, it has been claimed. New figures confirm HMP Barlinnie, HMP Edinburgh, HMP ...

The Prison Officers Association said prison officers ‘cannot go on’ as they have this year, with overcrowding and ...