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

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

Experts examining the Scottish Prison Service’s “Talk To Me” strategy catalogued a series of systemic failings in their ...

The Prison Officers Association said prison officers ‘cannot go on’ as they have this year, with overcrowding and ...

Rhona Hotchkiss, a former governor of Cornton Vale women's prison, said there should be ‘no males in female jails’ Prison bosses should remove trans women from female jails in the wake of a landmark ...