Letting prisoners out early to ease prison overcrowding is proving politically fraught both sides of the border.

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 ...

Scotland’s most senior judges warn plans to release serious offenders earlier could increase reoffending, endanger victims ...

Over the last year and a half a number of men have been imprisoned for their part in a gang war which spanned the central ...

Researchers at the University's Leverhulme Research Center of Forensic Science (LRCFS), part of the School of Science and Engineering, made the discovery while working in collaboration with the ...

A major new research study has found the number of people dying in prison surged to a record number of 64 in 2024, a 60% increase on the previous year, making Scotland's mortality rate among the ...

LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded prisons across the United Kingdom. “We have been managing an ...

Sweeping changes to the justice system that could see fewer criminals jailed and hundreds of prisoners get out of jail earlier have been unveiled by the Scottish government. The number of people in ...

The rarely-outspoken Senators of the College of Justice have criticised a key part of the Scottish government’s plan to ...

Glasgow's Barlinnie prison has been described as severely overcrowded The fury over the potential early release in England of the two teenagers who killed PC Andrew Harper has focused public attention ...