"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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

The Assistant General Secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association in Scotland has said he fears Organised Crime Gangs (OCGs ...