Scotland’s prison chiefs have warned overcrowding has pushed the system to the brink, leaving them only able to meet “basic ...

Lawyers for the Scottish government said moving trans woman prisoners to male-only jails would create an 'unacceptable risk ...

The release point for certain short-term prisoners is to be cut to 30% of their sentence, down from 40%.

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 ...

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 ...

Prisoners are to be released even earlier from Scottish jails, just a year after the threshold was reduced. Criminals will ...

If recommendations go ahead, judges would have to provide reasons why jailing someone for two years or less was the only option.

Fourteen male‑bodied transgender prisoners, including convicted killers and sex offenders, have been housed in Scotland’s female prison estate, sparking renewed outrage and intensifying pressure on ...

Aidan O’Neill KC, who is representing FWS, suggested to the Court of Session on Tuesday morning that the Scottish government was doubling down as ‘a political calculation’ and that women locked up ...

Rye, in East Sussex, is found two miles from the English Channel, and is a pretty town with beautiful cobbled strees and cosy pubs.

Investing earlier in crime prevention – in education, mental health, addiction support and life chances – will lead to fewer victims and more people contributing economically and socially ...

There is no automatic breach of female prisoners' human rights by the presence of men who identify as women, in the female ...