Prisoners are to be released even earlier from Scottish jails, just a year after the threshold was reduced. Criminals will ...

Lawyers for the Scottish government said moving trans woman prisoners to male-only jails would create an 'unacceptable risk ...

If recommendations go ahead, judges would have to provide reasons why jailing someone for two years or less was the only ...

The release point for certain short-term prisoners is to be cut to 30% of their sentence, down from 40%.

The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging the guidance which helps decide which prisons trans people are held in.

Fourteen male‑bodied transgender prisoners, including convicted killers and sex offenders, have been housed in Scotland’s female prison estate, sparking renewed outrage and intensifying pressure on ...

The case comes in the wake of the outcry over trans rapist Isla Bryson – formerly known as Adam Graham – who was initially ...

A NATS MSP wants to ease the pressure on Scotland’s overcrowded jails — by deporting foreign inmates to Kosovo. Kenny Gibson suggested non-Scots inmates could serve out their prison stretches in ...

Campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) has launched legal action seeking to overturn prison guidance on transwomen. However, ...

The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) Scotland said some prisoners are being used “to test the potency and impact of new supplies” and have “no clue about the chemical makeup” of the drugs.

Accounts released under freedom of information show the bill for providing a single jail place rose from £47,140 in 2023-24 to £52,260 in 2024-25.

The SNP’s justice secretary says recent early prisoner release programmes have not managed to tackle chronic overcrowding.