Scotland's prison population has reached a record high. The number of people in custody has been rising for many months and ...

Sara Snell, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, spoke out in the wake of prisoner numbers reaching a new record high.

THE number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high despite the government’s early release schemes, figures ...

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 ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were ...

A CHARITY boss helping cons given early release warns they’ll be back “within 24 hours”. Another 800 prisoners are about to ...

The Scottish Prison Service has admitted that the death of a man in custody was unlawful - 10 years on from the fatality. Allan Marshall, 30, was on remand at HMP Edinburgh in March 2015 when he was ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) have scaled back its attempt to implement “pain free” restraint techniques due to the ...

Sara Snell said it was “brave” for the Scottish government to release prisoners early, but that it needs to address the root ...

Emergency services were called to the car park of HMP Grampian in Peterhead in the early hours of Tuesday, September 2.