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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

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 Service ...

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, with a ...

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

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 overcrowding. Fears have ...

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 prison reform organisation – ...

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 state of HMP Barlinnie in ...

14 Mar 2024 at 17:29

Scotland

Prison to replace Barlinnie will exceed £400m estimate – minister

Building a replacement for Scotland’s largest prison will cost more than the estimated £400 million and the timescale for its opening remains unclear. HMP Glasgow is due to be built near the current HMP Barlinnie – which ...

08 Nov 2023 at 20:54

Scotland

HMP Barlinnie in ‘wretchedly poor state’ with overcrowding rife, inspectors find

Inspectors have described Scotland’s largest prison as being in a “wretchedly poor state” following a review which also found the facility to be over 30% above its capacity. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland ...

08 Apr 2025 at 09:04

Judge orders ‘evil Jesus’ who plotted to kill lawyer to be moved to secure unit

A judge has ordered that a man who plotted to kill a prosecutor while claiming to be suffering from delusions that he was “evil Jesus” be moved to a medium secure mental health unit ahead of his sentencing in May....

11 Feb 2025 at 11:02

Sentencing of ‘evil Jesus’ dark web plotter is postponed due to lack of beds

The sentencing of a man who plotted to kill a prosecutor while claiming to be suffering from delusions that he was “evil Jesus” has been postponed. Martin Ready, 42, was found guilty of attempting to conspire to ...

28 Jan 2025 at 11:22

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