People released from prison in Scotland are facing a mental health and substance use crisis, according to new research. The ...

People released from prison in Scotland are facing a mental health and substance use crisis, according to a first-of-its-kind ...

Prison officers have warned that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland's jails to "crisis point." The prison population hit an all-time high of 8,430 last week, beating the previous ...

A new support service which provides tailored support to families with a parent in prison has been launched in south-west Scotland. Early Years Scotland (EYS) already works with six of Scotland's ...

The latest early release of prisoners from Scotland's jails has seen the prison population reduce by just 68 so far. A total of 286 inmates have been set free since November but this has been offset ...

Allan died four days after the incident.

Former Scottish prisoners face high mental health and substance use risks, with new University of Stirling study showing increased NHS ...

The research, which tracked more than 8,000 people freed from Scottish prisons over four years, discovered that ex-cons were eight times more likely to be taken to hospital in an ambulance for mental ...

More than 300 staff resigned from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) between April 2021 and January 2026 due to mental or physical ailments.

A PRISON guard has been arrested and charged over her alleged relationship with an inmate at Glasgow’s notorious Barlinnie ...