The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) failed to spot that a man who it employed as a prison officer had a criminal record for ...

Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison population hit an all-time high of 8,430 last week, beating the previous ...

Outlining the joint campaign with the Scottish Police Federation, ‘Assault The Police? No Early Release’, Mr Hay told the ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were 8,430 people behind bars on Tuesday, above the previous high of 8,420, with the ...

While some of those sentenced to jail terms of four years or less are being freed early, the Justice Secretary has been clear ...

Sodexo-run HMP Addiewell has the highest number of self-harm cases and prisoner assaults in Scotland. Figures released to the ...

A campaign has been launched for those serving jail time for assaulting police officers to be excluded from early release ...