All the updated news related to scottish prisons service

All the news related to scottish prisons service updated in real time

Found 176

forscottish prisons service

Order by:

Scotland

Big drop in drug-soaked prison mail after jails start photocopying letters

The amount of drug-soaked mail being sent to Scottish prisons fell by almost three-quarters since a new policy of photocopying prisoners’ letters was introduced. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said there had been a reduction of about 72% in ...

23 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Scotland

‘Unfathomable’ that Scotland’s remand rates are so high, MSPs told

It is “unfathomable” that Scotland’s remand prisoner rates are so high compared to England and Wales, MSPs have been told. Emma Jardine of Howard League Scotland said the rates of remand prisoners in Scotland had risen sharply during the ...

23 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

Inspectors criticise Scottish Prison Service for ‘disappointing underuse’ of open jail

Inspectors have criticised the “disappointing underuse” of a prison they held as one which should be seen as a “flagship establishment” of the prison service in Scotland. HMP Castle Huntly, the only open prison north of the border, was ...

22 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Trans prisoner pause was to give clarity, says Sturgeon

The decision to pause the placing of transgender prisoners with a history of violence against women in the female prison estate was taken to provide “clarity”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Scottish Government has been under fire for ...

30 Jan 2023 at 17:37

Isla Bryson not in contact with women during Cornton Vale stay – prison service

Double rapist Isla Bryson was not in contact with women while housed at HMP Cornton Vale, the prison service has confirmed. The key findings of an urgent review ordered by Justice Secretary Keith Brown, which was completed at the ...

09 Feb 2023 at 17:27

Prison service chief ‘not at liberty to say’ who made Isla Bryson decision

The head of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is “not at liberty to say” who made the decision to send a transgender double rapist to a women’s prison, she has claimed. Isla Bryson was convicted in late January and was taken to ...

22 Feb 2023 at 11:53

Former Celtic kitman jailed for abusing young boys dies in custody

A former Celtic kitman who sexually abused young boys has died in custody. James McCafferty, 76, was jailed for six years and nine months in May 2019 after he admitted a string of historic sexual offences. McCafferty, who was ...

30 Nov 2022 at 15:42

Scotland

Publish Isla Bryson case review in full, Scottish Government urged

The Scottish Government has been urged to publish the urgent review into the Isla Bryson case in full. Bryson was last week convicted of raping two women while she was a man called Adam Graham and was initially housed in ...

03 Feb 2023 at 16:58

Scotland

Too many prison cells fall below living space standards, say Lib Dems

There are too many prison cells which are below the minimum standard of living space, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. A parliamentary question revealed there are 2,230 prisoners in Scotland living in shared ...

07 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Inspector has ‘serious concerns’ about overcrowding in Scottish prisons

An inspectorate has cited “serious concerns” about overcrowded Scottish prisons, after a recent report concluded the population remains too high. In its latest Independent Prison Monitoring (IPM) report, HM Chief ...

25 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Almost 900 assaults on prison staff by inmates recorded in three years

Inmates have assaulted almost 900 staff working in Scotland’s prisons in the last three years, figures show. Scottish Prison Service (SPS) data reveals there were 265 assaults by inmates on prison staff last ...

01 Aug 2023 at 17:22

Scotland

End random body searches of female inmates, says prison inspector

The Scottish Prison Service has been urged to end routine body-searching of female inmates after an inspection of a new £85 million “therapeutic” jail. Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland Wendy ...

14 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Years
2026

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.