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 ...

The SNP’s justice secretary has been accused of misleading parliament over a court case on its trans prisoners policy. Angela ...

Dozens of prisoners have been mistakenly released in Scotland over the last three years, figures have shown. The Scottish ...

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 ...

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.

A man accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy at a campsite in Scotland has died in prison. John Bell, 44, was ...

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