The population remains stubbornly high despite the fact that hundreds of prisoners have been freed early since November.

The 28-year-old died at HMP Edinburgh - also known as Saughton prison - last Friday A second prisoner has died in a Scottish ...

Prisoners at privately run HMP Addiewell post videos from their cells, showing men apparently out of their nut on Spice and ...

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 ...

Hundreds of prisoners were subsequently released.

A major new research study has found the number of people dying in prison surged to a record number of 64 in 2024, a 60% increase on the previous year, making Scotland's mortality rate among the ...

Scotland recorded its highest yearly number of deaths in prison custody, according to statistics published by the Scottish ...

William Brown, 16, and Katie Allan, 21, took their own lives in Polmont Young Offenders Institution Deaths in Scotland's prisons have increased by 60% in the past year, a report has revealed. The ...

An early release scheme intended to relieve prison overcrowding in Scotland saw 40 per cent of eligible prisoners blocked from being let out. Under the scheme, the Scottish Prison Service released ...

Overcrowding is putting Scottish prisons under “intense and unsustainable pressure”, inspectors have warned in their annual report. At one jail, prisoners even had to sleep on mattresses on the ...

Scotland’s human rights watchdog has urged ministers to “prioritise” talks on rewriting the prison service’s transgender policy, warning ...

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 ...