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

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

A survey at Barlinnie has produced “worrying” findings of reports of prison staff abusing and assaulting prisoners. The His ...

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

"Damning indictment" on Scottish Government after report reveals poor conditions in crumbling, Victorian-age Barlinnie Prison ...

Howard League Scotland offers scathing verdict on of Barlinnie prison, three years before a new jail is due to replace it ...

Labour’s plan was to swiftly pass a short House of Lords bill dismissing the hereditary peers and later return for more thorough reform.

Image: One of the cells within HMP Barlinnie HMIPS said: "The need for a replacement prison through the planned new HMP Glasgow remains overwhelming and urgent." It carried out a week-long ...

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

The Scottish government has committed to building a new prison to replace Barlinnie on the outskirts of Glasgow. It is due to be competed in 2028 at a cost nearly near £1bn. A week-long HMIPS ...

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