Scottish jails will reportedly begin laundering all clothes sent to prisoners – after a study by university chemists found ...

A prisoner at HMP Peterborough has had 18 months added to his sentence after he attacked a guard in the prison. The ...

An ex-prisoner who returned five days after his release to assault a prison officer he held a grudge against has been jailed ...

In 2015, Allan Marshall was on remand at HMP Edinburgh for non-payment of fines and a breach of the peace offence. He had a ...

A new houseblock is to be built at HMP Wayland, and contracts for the work have been signed with building company Wates. This ...

Probation experts criticised the low number of experienced staff, the pressure under which they work, and the high number of ...

A female prison worker who had a sexual relationship with a prisoner has been imprisoned for eight months after pleading ...

Scottish Justice Secretary Angela Constance has called on the country’s Parliament to pass emergency laws that could lead to ...

Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh has called for restorative justice programmes to be made more widely available to prisoners and ...

Prison staff and court officers are under police investigation for allegedly accessing case files related to a man convicted ...