HUMAN rights of remand prisoners in Scotland are not routinely being respected, a report finds. A report from the HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) found that those on remand experience ...

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 ...

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 ...

A SCOTTISH Labour-run council has condemned the alleged mistreatment of eight prisoners allegedly linked Palestine Action who ...

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, ...

Could Texas hold the answer to Britain's prisons crisis? Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood and prison minister James Timpson will visit the US state next month to learn about its points-based scheme ...

Robert Mone is a notorious Scottish murderer and one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners. He is known for two major violent ...