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

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

The Prisoners (Early Release) Scotland Act 2025 came into law earlier this year. The act changed the point of release for all ...

Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison ...

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

A report warned that numbers are rising "inexorably", and in October the prison population reached a record high of 8,430, ...

Scotland’s justice secretary has said 139 prisoners will be released early this week in the latest batch of releases aimed at easing overcrowding in Scottish prisons. Last week the Scottish Parliament ...