The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Prison Service

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the Scottish Prison Service decision during FMQs

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the decision at First Minister’s Questions at Holyrood.

Isla Bryson raped two women when she was a man, and is believed to be held in a women’s prison.

A TRANSGENDER woman convicted of rape should not be put in a female prison, Joanna Cherry has said.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) revealed there were 42 deaths in 2022, with suicide and drugs deaths on the rise.

An application has been submitted for the Scottish Prison Service’s new £100m HMP Glasgow, set to replace the Victorian-era HMP Barlinnie when it opens in 2026.

Watchdogs say Castle Huntly needs to be better used - or its style of rehabilitation spread to other prisons.

Cornton Vale women’s prison and young offenders institution is to close early in the new year. The Scottish Prison Service announced this week that the doors will close in early 2023 before HMP & YOI Stirling, which is being built on the same si

A damning report into prison deaths in Scotland has found that a record number of people died in custody over the two years with the case of a Glasgow woman highlighted as an example.

Linda and Stuart Allan have hit out after a new report from Glasgow University found there have been 121 deaths in prison in Scotland since the start of 2022.

Researchers from Glasgow University claim that while covid infections had an impact on numbers, it was the increase in deaths from suicide and drugs that had been the most significant.