The new HMP Grampian, which opened in March 2014, is a state-of-the-art prison which is designed to be "community-facing", taking inmates from the north east of Scotland and focusing more on ...

HMP Grampian running club is the brainchild of Paolo Maccagno. Although Italian, Paolo has lived in Banchory for 10 years. In his late 30s Paolo, who had been an architect for 20 years, ...

HMP and YOI Grampian - the replacement for Peterhead and Aberdeen prisons - opened back in 2014. 'Staffing crisis' at HMP and YOI Grampian needs to be tackled says report - BBC News We've updated ...

Russell Maitland, who worked at HMP Grampian, admitted carrying out the offences in Peterhead and Aberdeen. BBC. Prison ...

Prison officers working at HMP Grampian have been assaulted by inmates almost 100 times in the last five years, new figures show. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

Inmates at HMP Grampian have spent more than £100,000 on vaping since smoking was banned at the prison. In late 2018, the Scottish Government got rid of cigarettes at the nation’s jails in an ...

A prison officer has been fired for abusing his position to woo inmates’ partners after they came to visit their men in jail. Warden Cameron MacKie collected the personal contact details of ...

Mental health nurse Hannah Dagg, 28, faces prison after smuggling cocaine and cannabis into HMP Grampian in April. She was caught by a sniffer dog when going through security.

In the mid-1980s prison officers at HMP Peterhead had to wear body armour at all times after a series of riots and hostage-takings. The new HMP Grampian, situated next to the old jail, wants to ...