THE early release of almost 1,000 prisoners from Scotland’s jails is set to begin today. Scotland’s justice secretary has ...

Scotland's justice secretary Angela Constance has conceded the early release of prisoners to tackle record overcrowding will ...

Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison ...

The head of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said Crown immunity for the prison service should be abolished, according to the lawyer representing the families of two young people who died in ...

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 ...

A total of 27 prisoners have been mistakenly released from Scottish prisons in recent years, official figures show. The ...

Philip Priest was hired by bosses at the Aberdeenshire jail after the national vetting agency had failed to spot he had been previously locked up for smuggling ecstasy.

DOZENS of prisoners have been mistakenly released from Scotland’s jails in a catalogue of blunders, new figures have revealed ...

Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison population hit an all-time high of 8,430 last week, beating the previous ...