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 ...

Problems with prison transport are causing inmates to miss hospital appointments and family funerals, a report has revealed.

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

“We put away too many people who annoy us rather than those who are dangerous to society,” says Scott Watson, the governor of ...

The Scottish Prison Service said he died on November 26. As with all prison deaths, a fatal accident inquiry will be held in ...

The Scottish Government has been urged to take action after statistics showed there were more than 250 assaults on prison staff on average each year in the last 10 years. A freedom of information (FOI ...

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 ...

Problems with prison transport run by GEOAmey in Scotland are causing hundreds of prisoners to miss vital appointments, ...

A FORMER Old Firm youth player has was targeted in an alleged prison battering while serving a six-year sentence over a ...