The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) was forced to apologise after prison staff hung up the phone on telephone service NHS 24 ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were 8,430 people behind bars on Tuesday, above the previous high of 8,420, with the ...

C2 Software has launched The Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS) new website. Aimed at improving the flow of information from the SPS and raising awareness of its work, the site will be used by a broad ...

Scotland’s prison population has hit a record high — with politicians warning that solutions to overcrowding including the new HMP Glasgow will come “years late”. There were 8,430 people behind bars ...

LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded prisons across the United Kingdom. “We have been managing an ...

Chronic overcrowding is “paralysing” the Scottish prison system and undermining efforts to rehabilitate prisoners and keep them safe, a report has warned. The report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons said ...

EMBARGOED TO 0001 SUNDAY OCTOBER 26 File photo dated 16/10/13 of HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow. The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service has said. There ...

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Failing to discipline prison officers after an inmate took his own life “condoned” bad practice at a young offenders’ institution, the Scottish Prison Service has been warned by a sheriff. Jack ...

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