Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, died just months apart while in custody at Polmont Young Offenders in 2018.

A joint FAI identified a “catalogue of individual and collective failures by prison and healthcare staff” which led to Katie and William's deaths at HMP Polmont. Particularly, the probe ...

The deaths of two young people, just four months apart, at HMP Polmont were the result of a catalogue of failures by the Scottish Prison Service and healthcare staff, an inquiry has found. The Fatal ...

He escaped a whole-life order, but the nature of his crimes mean he is unlikely to be sent to a young offender institution ...

A fire engine on the way to a blaze at a prison collided with a car. Cleveland Fire Brigade said the fire, in a cell at HMP ...

The SPS is also planning new community-based custody units. Cornton Vale prisoners were transferred to HMP Polmont, near Falkirk, prior to the beginning of demolition work at the site in 2017.

There are 16 prisons in Scotland. Prisons such as HMP Perth hold a mix of long and short-term adult male offenders. Young offenders institutions HMYOI Polmont can hold up to 758 offenders aged 18-21.

The families of two young inmates who died at Polmont have called for the prison service to be stripped of crown immunity following an inquiry. The grieving relatives of Katie Allan, 21, and ...

A joint FAI identified a “catalogue of individual and collective failures by prison and healthcare staff” which led to Katie and William's deaths at HMP Polmont. Particularly, the probe identified a ...