Scotland's prison population could hit an all-time high of 8,700 inmates, BBC Scotland News has learned. The number of prisoners is rising after falling during the pandemic. The previous high was ...

Scotland’s prison population is now higher than it was before hundreds of prisoners were released early in a bid to ease overcrowding. A total of 477 prisoners were let out early in June and ...

Prisoners are set to be released as early as today as First Minister John Swinney looks to free up space in the prison system.

Scotland will no longer send transgender inmates to all-female prisons, if they have violent backgrounds against women, according to reports.

Hundreds of inmates are soon to be released from jail in Scotland as new legislation designed to relieve prison overcrowding comes into force. Nearly 400 prisoners will walk free over the next six ...

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.

Sep. 14—TYNDALL, S.D — A Scotland man is facing a life sentence in the state penitentiary, after law enforcement said he punished a 12-year-old boy by using a stun gun on him. For the alleged ...

THE BOSS at Scotland’s biggest has warned the prison could suffer a “catastrophic failure” at any moment as it is overcrowded and outdated.

Prison bosses have confirmed they cannot bring back a reoffending policy put on hold in 2019 because the prison service continues to be under pressure.

Mr Smith said the idea for the parkrun came from one of the prison’s physical training instructors (PTI), who had developed a couch to 5k training programme for inmates.

The SNP has been accused of wasting huge amounts of taxpayers' money today after it was revealed a single new prison will cost almost a billion pounds. HMP Glasgow will cost almost 10-times the ...

The Scottish government said on Sunday it would review the management of trans prisoners and introduce measures in the meantime to stop transgender people with a history of violence against women ...