The SNP’s response to prison overcrowding and their stance over trans women in female prison will cost them votes in the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Judges could be told not to issue sentences of less than two years in a bid to cut Scotland's prison population and tackle ...

Stephen Kerr MSP said his wife was left ‘terrified’ by the death threats, which saw the man jailed ...

Rhona Hotchkiss criticised the Scottish Prison Services’ (SPS) transgender policy ahead of a judicial review in February.

The Scottish Government will defend its transgender prisoners' policy in court over three days in a long-running For Women Scotland row.

Graeme Seivwright, 43, admitted involvement in the blaze at HMP Grampian in Peterhead in 2023.

Serenity Johnston, 34, formerly known as David, was found guilty of five charges including two rapes, against two girls under ...

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