SCOTLAND’s prisons watchdog has been slammed after suggesting jail bosses should provide a wardrobe of wigs and women’s underwear for transgender inmates. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland ...

Inspectors have called out the “wretchedly poor state” of Scotland’s largest prison after reviewing the responses of a ...

Howard League Scotland offers scathing verdict on of Barlinnie prison, three years before a new jail is due to replace it ...

Survey pinpoints threats and attacks by "bully" officers at Scotland's biggest jail. Inspectors claim overcrowding is causing ...

The prison officer's mental health deteriorated following the attack and they have since died. Steve Ley, the UK's longest-serving prison officer, has witnessed the service transform in 50 years.

A general view from the air of HM Prison Swaleside, where Aklakar Rahman repeatedly attacked staff (John Stillwell/PA) At the time of the offences, the defendant was serving a life sentence for ...

A sex offender who realised he had been caught out downloading images of children made an internet search: "What do HM Prison cells look like?" Shane Silby, 51, had been been downloading images of ...

(Planet Labs PBC via AP) Israeli security personnel stand outside Ofer military prison in the West Bank on Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File) Palestinian surgeon Khaled Alserr, 32, who ...

From Porridge to Prison Break, TV audiences have long had a fascination with incarceration. With bars reducing the options for action, the consequences are always amplified. A captive audience is ...

An Edinburgh man was chased by police for allegedly acting suspiciously near Saughton prison. Officers were conducting patrols of the area following reports of items being thrown over the walls into ...