An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents. Myra Anubi visits Barlinnie jail in Glasgow ...

The number of people in Scotland's prisons has risen back above the level which sparked the early release of hundreds of inmates to free up space. More than 300 inmates, half of whom were serving ...

LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded prisons across the United Kingdom. “We have been managing an ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scotland's overcrowded jails have become gripped by "increasing levels of drugs misuse and violence", the SNP Government has been ...

The Scottish Government will defend its transgender prisoners' policy in court over three days in a long-running For Women Scotland row.

Blanket ruling on trans prisoners would ‘violate rights’ – Scottish Government - Ministers have published legal arguments on ...

Four suspects are to stand trial charged with killing a man in prison. Cadil Huseen, 34, Dylan Rigby, 24, Craig Munro, 39, ...

Scotland's prisons are “dangerously out of control” due to overcrowding, budget cuts and gangland feuds behind bars, it has been claimed. New figures confirm HMP Barlinnie, HMP Edinburgh, HMP ...

A blanket ban on placing biological males who identify as transgender in female prisons would violate their human rights, the ...