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

Scots prisoners released early from jail by the SNP Government have described conditions inside as "terrible". Dozens of ...

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

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

The Scottish government was ordered to pay a portion of For Women Scotland's legal costs after losing the court battle in ...

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

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

It is a tricky issue to get the public onside with - but transparency will benefit both sides ...

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

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