LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded prisons across the United Kingdom. “We have been managing an ...

VIOLENT criminals, weapons thugs and drug users are among the prisoners released by mistake from Scotland’s jails – with one ...

The Prison Officers Association said prison officers ‘cannot go on’ as they have this year, with overcrowding and ...

The head of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said Crown immunity for the prison service should be abolished, according to the lawyer representing the families of two young people who died in ...

Scotland's prisons are “dangerously out of control” due to overcrowding, budget cuts and gangland feuds behind bars, it has been claimed. New figures confirm HMP Barlinnie, HMP Edinburgh, HMP ...

The Scottish Parliament passed the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday to reduce short-term prisoners’ time served from 50 percent to 40 percent of their sentence. The legislation, ...