Annual cost of prisons doubles despite 25 yrs of jail crisis warnings
The 'staggering' taxpayer cost of keeping prisoners in jail has more than doubled in the past decade - as the price of building new jails to ...
Riot fears amid record prisoner numbers and overcrowding
Prison governors fear the return of rioting as an unprecedented number of prisons are placed on the highest security alert level.
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Update on Barlinnie's potential listed status
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Hanged at Barlinnie - criminals who met their maker at the end of a noose
Often considered Scotland’s worst serial killer, Peter Manuel’s crimes began in January 1956.
The Herald investigates Scotland's prisons: the crisis behind bars
With record prison numbers in Scotland's prisons, what are the challenges and the solutions to solve the crisis? Join The ...
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Swinney grilled on soaring costs of new prison
John Swinney is quizzed by opposition party leaders during first minister's questions.
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Early release of hundreds of prisoners begins
At least eight inmates were released from Scotland's largest prison HMP Barlinnie earlier. Some got into waiting vehicles while others walked down the road together from the Glasgow prison.
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Prison boss: I'd struggle to survive my own jail
The governor of Barlinnie says he would "struggle" to survive life inside his own overcrowded prison. Michael Stoney described Scotland's largest jail as a "pressure cooker" and said new early ...
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Swinney grilled on soaring costs of new prison
Swinney insists he wants to make sure there is a replacement prison that is safe and secure. HMP Glasgow will replace Barlinnie, which has been labelled not fit for purpose We now know the ...