Scotland's prison population has reached a record high. The number of people in custody has been rising for many months and ...

There were 8,430 people behind bars on Tuesday (October 21), according to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), above the ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were ...

Mounjaro weight loss jabs and tooth whitening strips are being delivered to jail cells using drones, according to prison governors. BBC Newsnight visited HMP Edinburgh, where prison governors said ...

Hundreds more prisoners will be released early as Scotland's overcrowded jails have reached crisis point again. Angela Constance, the SNP Justice Secretary, was forced to admit to MSPs today that a ...

More than 50 inmates alleged they were the victim of assault, ill-treatment, racial abuse, or excessive force from prison officers last year. There were a total of 55 Category A complaints – the most ...

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was found dead after being attacked in jail on Saturday, according to BBC. He was 48. Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison at HMP Wakefield after he was ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs' former protégé Aubrey O'Day issued a warning for aspiring artists after the rapper was handed a four-year prison sentence Friday. O'Day, who was part of the Diddy-backed girl group ...

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in jail, prison sources have confirmed. West Yorkshire Police said two men aged 25 and 43 had been arrested on suspicion of murder. The ...

"We will never be able to change the criminal legal system when there is so much money involved." Credit: Shira Friedman-Parks We, as a country, are in the era of mass incarceration. The U.S. has the ...

If lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs get their way, the hip-hop mogul will spend his next few years in a massive low-security prison with a drug abuse treatment program, not too far from family. Combs’ ...