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 population hit an all-time high of 8,430 last week, beating the previous ...

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 ...

Chronic overcrowding is “paralysing” the Scottish prison system and undermining efforts to rehabilitate prisoners and keep them safe, a ...

Overcrowding and staff shortages are highlighted at a Scottish prison as a new report “paints a sobering picture” of the ...

Scotland's prison population has reached a record high. The number of people in custody has been rising for many months and on Tuesday hit 8,430. That number surpasses the previous record of 8,420 set ...

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

Scotland’s prison population has reached a new high of 8,430, whilst at the same time the opening of the new HMP Glasgow – ...