Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison ...

A PRISON officer is being probed by cops for allegedly flashing at female staff, we can reveal. The married guard has been ...

The union representing prison officers has warned the service in Scotland is at 'crisis point', with violence spiking, staff ...

A new report has highlighted serious concerns raised by prison staff, after inmate numbers reached record levels last week.

Scotland's prison population has reached a record high. The number of people in custody has been rising for many months and ...

It comes as Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee is set to vote on a third early release scheme for prisoners to ease ...

The Scottish Prison Service has admitted that the death of a man in custody was unlawful - 10 years on from the fatality. Allan Marshall, 30, was on remand at HMP Edinburgh in March 2015 when he was ...

However, a new report by the Prison Officers’ Association said the crisis engulfing the prison estate could now only be tackled by the Scottish Government increasing the prison service’s capital and ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) have scaled back its attempt to implement “pain free” restraint techniques due to the ...

A "toxic combination" of overcrowding and understaffing is putting extreme pressure on workers, report by the Prison Officers' Association has found. | ITV News Border ...

Overcrowding has been revealed at Clackmannanshire’s jail, with union officials warning that Scotland’s prisons have reached ‘crisis point’.

Allan Marshall was on remand at HMP Edinburgh in March 2015 when he was brutally restrained face down by 17 prison officers ...