7 d. ago Prison officer union demands end to pressure cooker conditions in Scottish jails

"Damning indictment" on Scottish Government after report reveals poor conditions in crumbling, Victorian-age Barlinnie Prison

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8 d. ago SNP Government slated over 'failure' to build £1bn replacement for Barlinnie jail sooner

The union representing prison officers hit out after a damning report found the Victorian-era Barlinnie nick is 30 per cent overcrowded.

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8 d. ago Barlinnie crumbles as uncertainty surrounds £1bn replacement prison in Glasgow

The project to replace Scotland's most notorious prison has doubled in cost and is running years behind schedule.

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1 week ago "Bloodbath waiting to happen" Edinburgh gang wars spread to prison system as hoods under threat

A jail guard says Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson and his Glasgow pals are under “semi-protection” in Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison after going to war with gangland rival Mark Richardson.

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2 w. ago Families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay to meet prison service chiefs

The two died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont.

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2 w. ago We are fed up of apologies, say family of young woman who died in Polmont YOI

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives within months of each other in 2018 at the facility.

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3 w. ago Gangland killer Robert 'Birdman' O'Hara cost taxpayers £10k in legal aid

Robert 'Birdman' O'Hara, 47, paid for his partner and daughter to live in a luxury £650,000 flat in Glasgow's upmarket Park Circus while he served time in prison.

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