HMP Glasgow will replace Barlinnie, which has been labelled not fit for purpose The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost nearly £1bn, almost double the previous estimate. Justice Secretary ...

Barlinnie Prison, where he spent 44 days and nights, is six miles away and 30 years in the distance, but right now, as he ...

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) said it "strongly urged" the Scottish government to do more to tackle the "fundamental problem" of overcrowding at HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow.

Barlinnie prison in Glasgow is running at 140% capacity with just under 1,400 prisoners when it was designed for 987. A replacement for the 140-year-old jail was due to open in 2025 - but that has ...

A Glasgow woman was caught smuggling cocaine into Barlinnie for her husband. Sarah Dempster went to the East End jail on the ...

Read more: Barlinnie's prison escapes: 'You're always looking for a way out' The prison itself was first opened in 1798 to house Glasgow's growing population of offenders. It was enlarged in ...

Inspectors have described HMP Barlinnie as being in a "wretchedly poor state ... which is why a contract was signed in January to build the new HMP Glasgow. It will increase prison capacity, transform ...

Barlinnie is due to be replaced by a new prison, HMP Glasgow, on the site of the former Provan Gas Works. No date has yet been set for its closure. Mr Stoney said it was a chance to build a new ...

Boyle, now 80, was one of the first prisoners selected for entry to the infamous Special Unit at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow. As the notorious jail gets set to close, to be replaced by a 21st ...

THE body of executed serial killer Peter Manuel is among those set to be dug up if the old Barlinnie prison ground is sold ... of the most dangerous cons in Glasgow. He lived in Birkenshaw ...

The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost nearly £1bn, almost double the previous estimate. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed a cost of £998.4m for HMP Glasgow in a letter to the ...