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Design for HMP Barlinnie replacement coming this summer – Angela Constance

Designs for the replacement for HMP Barlinnie will be available this summer, the Justice Secretary has said, as Parliament faces “profound” choices over the release of prisoners to ease overcrowding. Angela Constance said she would work closely with ...

17 May 2024 at 09:20

Scotland

Increase pace of prison estate overhaul, human rights body urges ministers

One of Scotland’s major human rights bodies has urged ministers to increase pace in the revamp of the country’s prisons and boost access to healthcare for those detained. In a report to the United Nations, the Scottish Human Rights Commission ...

12 Mar 2024 at 18:58

Scotland

Fatal accident inquiry to take place into prisoner’s death

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is set to take place into the death of a prisoner last year. Alexander Jamieson, 59, died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on August 21 2022 after falling ill at HMP Barlinnie. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal ...

23 Oct 2023 at 10:03

Scotland

Barlinnie at risk of ‘catastrophic failure’ as new prison delayed – governor

The governor of Scotland’s largest prison has warned it faces a “catastrophic failure” if the completion date for the 140-year-old jail’s replacement is pushed back further. HMP Barlinnie was ruled to no longer be fit for purpose in 2020, ...

04 Aug 2023 at 14:20

Scotland

Prisoner on roof of Scottish prison allegedly throwing slate at officers

A prisoner is currently on the roof of a Scottish jail allegedly throwing projectiles at officers on the ground. On Sunday, staff at HMP Barlinnie in Riddrie, Glasgow, were alerted to reports of the prisoner on the roof. The prisoner is ...

26 Nov 2023 at 14:29

Scotland

Barlinnie boss: We have no problems housing trans inmates like Isla Bryson

The governor of Scotland’s biggest prison has said he does not “foresee any real problems” with transgender prisoners following the Isla Bryson case. Bryson, a transgender double rapist originally known as Adam Graham, sparked a ...

17 Jul 2023 at 11:00

Scotland

Spending watchdog warns of ‘significant risk’ to Scottish Prison Service

Scotland’s reliance on prison buildings which are “no longer fit for purpose” poses a “significant risk” to the prisons service, public spending watchdogs have warned. The Auditor General for Scotland Stephen Boyle raised ...

12 Dec 2023 at 14:04

Conditions in Barlinnie ‘shameful’, says senior prisons official

Conditions in Scotland’s largest jail are “shameful”, a senior prisons official has said. HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow has been stretched to breaking point in recent years as the whole prison estate struggles with ...

17 Sept 2025 at 12:57

Scotland

We must stop sending more people to jail – what Justice Secretary told meeting

Scotland needs to stop sending so many people to prison, the Justice Secretary told campaigners last year, it has emerged. Minutes of a meeting between Angela Constance and the Howard League – a leading ...

21 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Barlinnie at risk of failure and HMP Greenock should be bulldozed, MSPs told

Scotland’s biggest prison is at risk of “catastrophic failure” while another should be “bulldozed”, the Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland has said. Concerns have long been expressed about the ...

14 Mar 2024 at 17:29

Scotland

Clarity urged over timescale for Barlinnie prison replacement

Opposition politicians have urged the Scottish Government to provide clarity on the timescale for the country’s biggest prison to be replaced. HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow has been described as not ...

07 Nov 2023 at 18:23

Scotland

Swinney ‘confident’ £1bn Barlinnie replacement will not see large cost increases

First Minister John Swinney has said he is “confident” the replacement for Scotland’s largest prison will not see large cost overruns. The Government announced this week HMP Glasgow – which ...

07 Feb 2025 at 13:37

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