The population remains stubbornly high despite the fact that hundreds of prisoners have been freed early since November.

A second prisoner has died in a Scottish prison - days after a 19-year-old died at Polmont Young Offenders Institution. The ...

The report comes after an FAI into the suicides of Katie Allan and William Brown.

WEAPONS seized in Scots prisons hit more than 1,300 over two years amid dangerous overcrowding. A huge surge in confiscations ...

Prisoners at privately run HMP Addiewell post videos from their cells, showing men apparently out of their nut on Spice and ...

Scotland recorded its highest yearly number of deaths in prison custody, according to statistics published by the Scottish ...

Tribunal judge recognises Army veteran’s beliefs as ‘protected’ but backs company as he failed to comply with policy ...

A former prison governor warned there were “no women’s prisons in Scotland” due to a policy which will be subject to a judicial review next month. Rhona Hotchkiss, a former governor of now-closed HMP ...

An early release scheme intended to relieve prison overcrowding in Scotland saw 40 per cent of eligible prisoners blocked ...

Greg Duffy, 28, died at HMP Edinburgh on Friday, March 13 - less than a week after Daniel Kerr passed away at Polmont.

The introduction of body-worn cameras to monitor confrontations between staff and prisoners in Scottish prisons is reportedly being resisted by prison officers who fear the recordings will be used ...