The late 19th Century and early 20th Century phases of the Glasgow prison have been recognised by Historic Environment ...

The report warns that long periods of near-solitary confinement are commonplace and breach United Nations standards.

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 ...

HUMAN rights of remand prisoners in Scotland are not routinely being respected, a report finds. A report from the HM ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) was forced to apologise after prison staff hung up the phone on telephone service NHS 24 ...

Scotland MSPs voted in favor of releasing many prisoners early to address overcrowding in Scottish jails, in a meeting of the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday. Approximately 550 prisoners are ...

Barlinnie jail, which has held some of the nation's most notorious killers, along with footballers, criminals and politicians ...

The number of inmates locked up in Scotland's overcrowded jails has reached its highest daily average since records began more than 50 years ago. There were 8,213 people behind bars on an average day ...

It’s Scotland’s largest prison and has housed some of the country’s most high-profile prisoners for over one hundred years.

Nearly one in ten criminals jailed in Scotland last year were not ‘British nationals’ as the average prison population soared to a record high. New figures show the proportion of foreign inmates has ...

Scotland's ruling political group, the Scottish National Party (SNP), has proposed another series of laws that aim to shore up protection for transgendered people, including a ban on conversion ...