Safety at HMP Wakefield and New Hall prisons has reached a crisis point, new figures suggest. It comes as a workers' union ...

John Swinney has dismissed claims the replacement for Scotland's most notorious jail will be a like a 'five star resort' amid spiralling costs.

More than 400 inmates were removed from the prison after the discovery of high levels of radon – a colourless, odourless ...

Claims experienced staff going off sick, "poorly trained" officers struggling to adapt to prison life and claims senior ...

The costs and the design of the facility have come in for criticism, but John Swinney accused the Scottish Tories of taking a ...

The 23-year-old drew nationwide attention when he fled from HMP Wandsworth by clinging to truck sparking major manhunt ...

Lucy Letby was handed 15 whole life sentences after being found guilty of a series of horrific crimes while working as a ...

A former British soldier who spied for Iran and staged a dramatic escape from a London prison has been sentenced to 13 years ...

A British soldier turned traitor who escaped from prison by clinging to the bottom of a food truck has been jailed for 14 years and three months after being convicted of spying for Iran.

On the run for four days after fleeing jail strapped to a lorry, the former soldier paid with cash in shops and changed his ...

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay criticised the spiralling cost of the ‘five star’ facilityPlans for a replacement for Scotland’s biggest prison have been compared to a luxury holiday resort by ...

Scotland's first minister has been accused of building a luxury resort featuring an orchard of fruit trees instead of a high-security prison to lock up rapists and murderers.