"It also means that some of the children don't even realise they are coming into prison." Craig McGill, head of operations at ...

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

The Scottish Parliament has approved plans drawn up by the country’s Government for a third round of early releases to ease ...

The Scottish Government is releasing 139 convicts from prisons across Scotland this week in a bid to curb overcrowding ...

Scotland's only privately run prison has been criticised over figures showing high numbers of prisoner assaults and self ...

The First Minister’s reason for not backing an inquiry into grooming gangs does not stand up to scrutiny ...

Bell, of Grangemouth in Falkirk, was charged on September 1 after the sexual assault sparked a police manhunt. He appeared at ...

Figures released by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) show that HMP Addiewell in West Lothian had more cases of prisoner self harm and assault last year than all of Scotland's other 14 prisons ...

A man charged with sexually assaulting a boy in his tent while on a family holiday in the Scottish Highlands has died in ...

A man accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy in the Scottish Highlands has died in in prison. John Bell, 44, ...

A MAN accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy at a Scots campsite has been found dead in his prison cell. John ...