NATS chiefs have been slammed for “rehashing” a “shameful” early release of more than 800 prisoners in a desperate bid to ease pressure on straining Scottish jails. SNP justice secretary Angela ...

Ten prisons are now classed as being a “red risk” and ten are on or over capacity. The classifications were confirmed as it ...

Justice secretary Angela Constance has asked parliament to pass emergency legislation that would see short-term prisoners - ...

Ten of Scotland's prisons are at 'red risk status' and ten are 'on or over their assessed capacity tolerance'.

Hundreds of inmates will be freed early under emergency plans to tackle dangerous overcrowding, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has confirmed.

The SNP has been accused of a “shameful betrayal of victims” after announcing 800 more prisoners are to be released early ...

The £1 billion replacement for HMP Barlinnie is still years away from completion as Scotland's prison service struggles to ...

Plans to create a new criminal offence for dog theft have been unanimously backed by the Scottish Parliament. Offenders would ...

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A Cabinet minister has said she felt Scotland was “treated as an after-thought” as no-fly zones over prisons came into force ...

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 ...