Prison reformers have expressed alarm at reports on Barlinnie prison being a place pf "fear and stagnation". Emma Jardine, of Howard League Scotland, spoke out after a damning report suggested ...

Our team of journalists explored a myriad of issues impacting the prison estate, including further delays to a £1 billion pound replacement to Glasgow’s HMP Barlinnie. During the week-long ...

The union representing prison officers ... in replacing HMP Barlinnie". The report blamed overcrowding for some prisoners being locked up for 22 hours a day and a long waiting list for ...

Inspectors have described Scotland's notorious HMP Barlinnie as being in a "wretchedly poor state" while operating at 30% ...

He explained: “The main difference is at a Victorian prison, the transactional tasks take up all the time. "In Barlinnie ... or looks like a hotel room. "Instead, the construction will ...

Barlinnie jail is unacceptably ... “The sensory room was an excellent resource where families and children could access a quiet space. “A ‘Healthy Dads / Healthy Kids’ initiative was testament to a ...

Work is underway on a new 1,344 capacity prison to replace Barlinnie, but the cost has doubled to nearly £1billion and it won’t be ready until 2028, three years later than originally planned.

PRISONERS in Barlinnie have complained they do not have enough to eat ... that most prisoners spoken to during the inspection acknowledged that they were in a prison with over 1300 prisoners to feed, ...