The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were 8,430 people behind bars on Tuesday, above the previous high of 8,420, with the ...
Scotland's justice secretary Angela Constance has conceded the early release of prisoners to tackle record overcrowding will ...
The head of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said Crown immunity for the prison service should be abolished, according to the lawyer representing the families of two young people who died in ...
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 ...
Almost four out of 10 inmates surveyed by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons said it is easy to access drugs. Some prisons ...
A “CRISIS point has been reached” in Scotland’s prisons as population levels hit a new high, the Prison Officers Association (POA) will warn today. The union, which represents 4,000 front-line staff ...