The Scottish Prison Service confirmed McTaggart died on February 4 at the Saughton jail and a fatal accident inquiry will be ...

The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost almost £1 billion, almost 10 times the initial estimate. The updated cost was ...

A Scots money launderer who delivered wages to gangsters has died in jail. . Gerard McTaggart, 49, was jailed for four years ...

Prison staff at HMP Edinburgh took almost 7000 sick days in a record year for sick leave, with officials saying Scotland’s prison services face a "ticking time bomb". Staff at HMP Edinburgh ...

An Edinburgh mum who was mowed down twice with a car by her abusive ex husband in a murder bid is suing him for compensation.

A man has been sentenced to seven and four months years in jail after pleading guilty to attempted murder and other domestic ...

Inspectors demanded an investigation into why the HM Prison in Edinburgh is serving kosher meals to more than 100 prisoners when hardly any of its inmates are Jewish, according to The Times of London.

Mitchell, 36, has gone to the Court of Session in Edinburgh to argue that the parole board acted unlawfully in deciding to ...

Mohammad el Sharif, who works for Edinburghbased Firefly International, has not been heard of since his arrest in Gaza by ...

William Budge's ex-partner criticises the length of his prison sentence, saying it "does not inspire trust or confidence in ...

The human rights organisation visited five prisons - Barlinnie, Cornton Vale, Edinburgh, Grampian and Shotts - as well as police custody facilities. It highlighted overcrowding, particularly at ...