Building a new prison for the Highlands will cost more ... which is more than 120 years old and does not meet modern standards. A site near Inverness Campus has been bought and cleared, but ...

Plans to build a so-called super prison have finally ... These include that a modern prison would “enable greater social benefits for prisoners to help with their rehabilitation and reduce ...

However prisons are overcrowded, old buildings are ill-suited to the modern prison system, and suicide rates are higher than for most European countries. The Scottish Prisons Service (SPS ...

The further 7,600 prison places will be created by building new blocks in current prisons, refurbishing existing cells and creating rapid deployment cells. Ms Mahmood, the Lord Chancellor ...

The justice secretary has said even under the government's plans to open 14,000 more prison places, they could still run out of space over the next few years. Shabana Mahmood told the BBC that ...

A Highlands prison has been criticised for housing inmates in rooms that do not meet modern standards. The latest report from His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland raised concerns ...

Building owners could face prison if they have not removed unsafe cladding by 2029, according to a new government plan. A minister has warned landlords "we are after them" ahead of launching a ...