The Scottish Conservatives said the figures showed ministers have ‘let violence against prison staff spiral out of control’.

Hundreds of prison staff are being assaulted by inmates in Scottish prisons every single year. The SNP is being accused of ...

Every year, prison officer Colin O’Flaherty ensures the children of inmates at HMP Edinburgh have a present to open at ...

Scottish Prison Officer staff brought the incident to an end at 5.30am after 12 hours. The injured wardens spent the night in hospital and were understood to be "comfortable". Tony Cameron ...

JAILED brutes are attacking warders 250 times a year, shocking figures reveal. Ministers have been accused of letting prison violence “spiral out of control” as stats showed staff endured 2,562 ...

Auditor General Stephen Boyle described the Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS ... Ex-gratia is the overtime system which the SPS operates for prison officers who volunteer to work additional ...

Scottish prison bosses fear a rise in 'gangsterism' is resulting in youngsters living a ... said he was saddened to hear what was being witnessed by officers. It comes after our sister title the Daily ...

The damning report, titled Planned Failure, found the impact on the "health, wellbeing and dignity" of prisoners has been ...

He wants the Scottish Covid inquiry to look into the ... "Even taking your duty as a prison officer aside, as a fellow human being crying out for help, we would all come to someone's aid in ...