The Scottish Prison Service says it is doing all it can to stop the illegal use of mobile phones and recognises the impact on victims' families.

The population remains stubbornly high despite the fact that hundreds of prisoners have been freed early since November.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) says the technique will reduce injuries among prison officers and inmates following three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 28-year-old died at HMP Edinburgh - also known as Saughton prison - last Friday [PA Media] A second prisoner has died in a ...

A former prison governor warned there were “no women’s prisons in Scotland” due to a policy which will be subject to a judicial review next month. Rhona Hotchkiss, a former governor of now-closed HMP ...

A TRANS killer threw a tantrum over a switch to a male prison wing and a ban on wearing women’s clothes, we can reveal. Torture murder fiend Paris Green is said to have “kicked ...

The aunt of a man who died in prison has told the court deciding on compensation owed that trying to get answers since his death has been "torture". Allan Marshall, 30, was on remand at HMP Edinburgh ...

Heriot-Watt develops VisionRF radar to monitor vital signs in prisons, enabling continuous, non-contact healthcare to improve safety, dignity and early intervention.

A man sentenced to three years in prison for kidnapping a girl in Slovakia and taking her to Scotland has allegedly continued to communicate ...