Inspectors have described Scotland's largest prison as being in a "wretchedly poor state" while operating at 30% over ...

More than half of prisoners said they had witnessed staff "abusing, bullying, threatening or assaulting" another prisoner ...

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) notes the 143-year-old prison regularly houses more than 1,300 inmates ...

Scottish Prison Service is urged to help support criminals on their ‘transgender journey’ with hard-to-source hairpieces ...

Survey pinpoints threats and attacks by "bully" officers at Scotland's biggest jail. Inspectors claim overcrowding is causing ...

A survey at Barlinnie has produced “worrying” findings of reports of prison staff abusing and assaulting prisoners. The His Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) report into the Glasgow jail included ...

Inspectors have described Scotland’s largest prison as being in a “wretchedly poor state”, following an investigative series into the state ...

PRISONERS in Barlinnie have complained they do not have enough to eat and the food is very bad. The latest HMIP inspection into the jail found focus groups and the findings of a survey “reported ...

MORE than half of prisoners at Scotland’s largest jail have seen staff bullying or attacking other inmates, according to a ...

Mail have revealed there are 251 convicted criminals who could spend the rest of their lives behind bars if the Parole Board ...

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.

Scotland's biggest prison is in a “wretchedly poor state ... the “fundamental problem” of overcrowding at HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow following a week-long inspection last November.