People released from prison in Scotland are facing a mental health and substance use crisis, according to new research. The ...

Lawyers for the Scottish government said moving trans woman prisoners to male-only jails would create an 'unacceptable risk of suicide'.

The government has argued having a "blanket rule" for where prisoners are housed could breach human rights law.

CONS have been treated to hundreds of pet therapy sessions to reduce their stress in Scotland’s crisis-hit jails, we can ...

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 ...

The number of people in Scotland's prisons has risen back above the level which sparked the early release of hundreds of inmates to free up space. More than 300 inmates, half of whom were serving ...

More than 300 staff resigned from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) between April 2021 and January 2026 due to mental or physical ailments.

A PRISON guard has been arrested and charged over her alleged relationship with an inmate at Glasgow’s notorious Barlinnie ...

Three prison staff were unfairly dismissed after a “fundamentally flawed” investigation into claims they attacked an inmate, ...

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 ...