The Scottish Prison Service today said bunk beds have been removed from prison cells as part off a commitment to rapid and ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has accepted the 25 recommendations made following a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the ...

A new series provides a rare look into two of Scotland’s prisons which house women – HMP and YOI Grampian in Peterhead which ...

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives in separate incidents at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in ...

The head of the Scottish Prison Service has apologised to the families of two young people who took their own lives – just months apart – inside the country’s largest young offenders institution.

A man is facing a life sentence after being convicted of murdering a Celtic fan and attempting to murder another male on a ...

A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.

The Scottish Prison Service has apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, who took their own lives in Polmont Young Offenders’ Institute and committed to preventing further ...

The boss of Scotland’s largest prison has said he wants the jail being built to replace it to be similar to a Costa coffee shop. Michael Stoney, governor of Barlinnie in Glasgow, said the new ...

The Scottish Prison Service said: “The presence of illicit substances in the wider community is a constant challenge. In January we revealed drones are increasingly being used to smuggle drugs ...

Barlinnie's replacement HMP Glasgow will serve as a community hub, the governor has revealed. The new prison, with a capacity of 1,344, is set to be operational by 2028. Work is currently ongoing at ...