Deaths in Scotland's prisons have increased by 60% in the past year, a report has revealed. The Scottish Centre for Criminal Justice Research (SCCJR) found 64 people died in jail in 2024 - up from ...

And Scotland's prisoner suicide rate - 16 per 10,000 inmates - is among the highest in Europe, where the median rate is 9.4 per 10,000.

Scotland's billion-pound prison: SNP under fire after it is revealed cost of new jail has increased TENFOLD and cells will open years behind schedule ...

The Scotsman’s Rural Affairs correspondent, Katharine Hay, has undertaken an epic walk around Scotland, meeting people, and ...

The Scottish government aims at creating a "tobacco-free generation" by 2034. Smoking in enclosed public spaces has been barred since 2006, but prisons have remained an exception.

The numbers in Scottish prisons are on an upward surge, the inspector said Scottish ministers are to seek powers to release prisoners early in a bid to reduce overcrowding in the country's jails ...

The Scottish Prison Service will require males who have committed violence against females to be placed in men's prisons, regardless of which gender they identify with.

Jan. 29 (UPI) --The Scottish Prison System will not transfer any transgender prisoner with a history of violence toward women to a women's prison after a review over procedures last week.

When an Irish judge blocked a man's extradition to Scotland on humanitarian grounds, it raised questions about the state of Scotland's prisons. Mr Justice Paul McDermott said Richard Sharples ...

Scotland's chief inspector of prisons had written to ministers calling for urgent action to cut the prison population, which is close to its highest level ever. Ms Constance said the number of ...