58 h. ago Scottish Prison Service facing calls to 'ensure jails are single sex'

Campaign group Keep Prisons Single Sex said women prisoners "hope and pray that this ruling will prompt SPS to change their policy".

Events

9 d. ago Row as trans killer stays in women's jail despite crime against female officer

Paris Green admitted culpable and reckless conduct towards a woman - now campaigners say Scottish Prison Service is breaking its own rules and must throw the murderer into a male jail

Events

2 w. ago Head of Scottish prisons says service should not be immune from prosecution

Lawyer Aamer Anwar has called for a meeting with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to push for the lifting of Crown immunity.

Events

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 AD FEATURE: Explore rewarding careers in maintenance engineering across Scotland

Scottish Prison Service is looking for people to join the teams in electrical, mechanical, joiner and systems maintenance

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3 w. ago Activist group that helped create prison trans rules gets £500k of public money

An activist group which helped create controversial Scottish Prison Service trans guidance is majority funded by the taxpayer to the tune of more than half a million pounds.

Economics

3 w. ago Constance vows ‘lasting change’ after suicides at Polmont YOI

The Scottish Justice Secretary said she expects work to be ‘delivered at pace’ after the separate deaths in 2018 of Katie Allan and William Brown.

Events

3 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.

Events

3 w. ago Families of Polmont custody death youths to meet Justice Secretary

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont YOI, run by the Scottish Prison Service.

Society

3 w. ago Families of Katie Allan and William Brown to meet Constance ahead of speech

The families’ lawyer Aamer Anwar called for a change to a ‘lack of accountability’ across the Scottish Prison Service.

Politics