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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...