A quarter of prisoners eligible for early release from Scottish prisons were blocked from leaving – after governors ruled ...

Growing issues that the country's prison estate is facing have been highlighted at Holyrood. Scottish Prison Service chief ...

Are prisoners not “citizens”? AGENDA Why Scotland must go for automatic voting registration Perhaps that is not what she meant, but it does call into question why most prisoners are not able to vote ...

THE Scottish Tories are feeling chipper this week after winning four local government by-elections caused by a slate of councillors being elected ...

Ruth Charteris admits her work sometimes keeps her awake at night.

WHEN Amy Hatfield started working as a prison nurse, she would never have thought she’d end up behind bars herself. The ...

John Cannan who is suspected of murdering missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh and also murdering newlywed Shirley Banks has died in prison.

Now, with managing director John Nelms confirming that Dundee will remain at their home since 1899 for at least one more ...

EXCLUSIVE: The National Foundation for Retired Service Animals (NFRSA) works with local associations and handlers to support ...

Scottish police said they will take no action against the president of Interpol, despite accusations he oversaw the torture ...

THIEVING former STV host Hayley Matthews has walked free from jail after winning an appeal against her sentence. She was ...

A judge has sentenced 40-year-old Rusty Devon Strickland to 28 to 35 years in prison Friday afternoon for shooting a man ...