Overcrowding in Scotland's jails and pressure on the PM ahead of Labour party conference leads today's front pages.

The victims of serious crime have been forgotten, a charity has warned, after John Swinney admitted the release of almost 500 prisoners failed.

A ONE-legged paedophile who fled the Caribbean will serve the rest of his jail term in Scotland. Evil Colin Kristensen, 65, ...

Cops examined a number of mobile phones recovered from drug couriers and found numbers linked to Christopher Smith.

Pressure on Scotland’s prison system may be a blessing in disguise as we may finally be forced to design a better future for offenders, says former police officer Tom Wood Necessity is the ...

Scotland has shown that early releases do not necessarily solve capacity problems – with the country’s prisoner population ...

A prisoner who escaped from the Scotland County Detention Center early Monday is back in custody, authorities said. Phillip ...

A boy killed a pensioner in Glasgow after being freed from police custody in April 2024, not after being released from jail ...

Why Scotland must stop sending more people to prison than most of Western Europe Why early release of 188 violent criminals from Scotland's prisons is even worse than it sounds Readers' Letters ...

“That is not being tough on crime,” said Lib Dem MP Josh Babarinde. “Liberal Democrats are clear: we need to find a better ...