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 ...

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 ...

Scottish jails resemble “a mini UN conference”, an academic has claimed, amid calls to deport foreign criminals to ease overcrowding. Jim Watson, a criminal justice lecturer at the University of the ...

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