Scotland's jails are at “breaking point” as prison officers today demand urgent action on “dangerous” levels of overcrowding. A damning new report from the prison warder’s union has laid ...

Shock figures reveal a prison officer was assaulted by an inmate almost every day while on duty in Scotland’s increasingly violent jails. Scottish Prison Service data shows 350 officers were attacked ...

Prison officers assaulted by inmates 'almost every day' in Scotland's jails Scottish Prison Service data shows 350 officers were attacked during 2024-25 –the highest number in five years.

A 92-year-old former railway worker has been sentenced to life in a British prison for raping and murdering a woman in 1967.

Scores of violent offenders were freed from Scotland's prisons under an early release scheme set up to tackle severe overcrowding, new figures have revealed. However, despite their release in ...

The Scottish government has committed to building a new prison to replace Barlinnie on the outskirts of the city. It is due to be completed in 2028 at a cost nearly near £1bn.

Free needles and vapes should be handed out to prisoners so they can take Class A drugs in a safer way behind bars, a majority taxpayer-funded group has claimed.

Six men have been found guilty of a series of suspected gangland attacks including setting the cars of prison officers on ...

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Scottish Labour's Davy Russell has won the by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse. Mr Russell took top spot with 8,559 votes. The SNP placed second with 7,957 votes, with Reform UK ...

On the wall of exiled Iranian filmmaker Javad Daraei’s bedroom is a picture of a Highland landscape as a reminder when he wakes up that he is safe in Scotland. In his mind, the internationally ...