A former prison governor warned there were “no women’s prisons in Scotland” due to a policy which will be subject to a judicial review next month. Rhona Hotchkiss, a former governor of now-closed HMP ...

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 ...

DISGRACED Peter Murrell could serve his sentence in Scotland’s cushiest jail, according to reports. When the ex-husband of ...

HMP Dumfries – where he could enjoy the therapeutic garden, cooking classes or the weekly parkrun. HMP Dumfries, home to around 135 prisoners, looks intimidating on the outside, with the jail, built ...

Serial domestic abusers in Scotland were sentenced to a total of almost 230 years in prison this year in a major crackdown by the police. The force reported that 32 offenders accumulated total ...