St Paul's Youth Forum (SPYF) in Glasgow has launched a new social enterprise, SPYF On Bikes, at Hogganfield Loch, near Stepps ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Barlinnie Prison, where he spent 44 days and nights, is six miles away and 30 years in the distance, but right now, as he discusses the opening chapters of his autobiography, he's back there. The ...

Inspectors have described HMP Barlinnie as being in a "wretchedly poor state ... which is why a contract was signed in January to build the new HMP Glasgow. It will increase prison capacity, transform ...

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 ...

Incarceration in Barlinnie is dynastic. The prison has been home from home for ... This could be the Alcatraz of Glasgow. I think even the prisoners would be sorry to see this go.

For much of its 135 years, Scotland's largest prison has operated in the shadow of its own fearsome reputation. Glasgow's Barlinnie, 'Bar-L' to those who reside within, became synonymous with ...

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 ...

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 ...