The latest tranche of releases has seen the total population in Scotland's overcrowded jails reduce by just 68 so far.

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

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 ...

Campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) has launched legal action seeking to overturn prison guidance on transwomen. However, ...

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

An SNP MSP has accused the Scottish Government of “appalling” actions over the Supreme Court’s single-sex spaces ruling.

The Scottish Prison Service have announced that facilities management company Mitie have replaced GeoAmey as the firm ...

The Scottish Government is set to argue that banning transgender prisoners from women's jails would breach human rights.

THE “systemic failure of health provision” is at the root of the drugs crisis facing Scotland’s prisons, according to ...

It was revealed earlier this month that GEOAmey delivered inmates to court late 10,474 times in 10 months last year, and were ...

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 ...