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

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 ...

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

A plasterer who acted as a 'wages' paymaster to elite gangsters has died behind bars. Gerard McTaggart passed away in HMP Edinburgh on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. In 2023, we reported how the ...

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.

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.

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

Scottish Conservative MSP Russell Findlay called for the introduction of photocopying after a fact-finding visit to Edinburgh prison last year. He said: "It's inevitable as soon as you close down ...

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 ...

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