Rhona Hotchkiss criticised the Scottish Prison Services’ (SPS) transgender policy ahead of a judicial review in February.

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

Ex-prison governor Rhona Hotchkiss has warned “women’s rights are being breached” and accused John Swinney of leaving ...

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

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is developing a new policy to prevent suicides behind bars, which it says will be “bold and ...

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 ...

Labour MSP Katy Clark says Scottish budget was "a missed opportunity to invest in Scotland's police, prisons and fire and rescue service".

THE Prison Officers Association (POA) has demanded investment to tackle the “deep-seated problems” in the Scottish prison service. Despite two waves of early release schemes over the last year, ...

The campaign comes after an inquiry into two deaths at a Scottish jail found a “catalogue of failures” in the prison system.

Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont YOI, run by the Scottish Prison ...

Scotland"s “inhumane” prison suicide prevention strategy is condemned as “unfit for purpose” in a scathing new review calling for its abolition. Among the most shocking findings are claims prison ...