Scottish jails resemble “a mini UN conference”, an academic has claimed, amid calls to deport foreign criminals to ease overcrowding. Jim Watson, a criminal justice lecturer at the University ...

The main three nationalities in Scottish jails are Albanians, Romanians and Poles and the most common offences include drugs, theft and robbery, and assault. In November there were 622 foreign ...

Inside Perth Prison, unit manager John Baird shows off a six-rotor drone intercepted by staff recently. It was carrying a ...

Jails are being flooded with drugs Credit: Alamy It comes after drones were used 65 times to fly drugs into nicks in 2024 - when six inmates died from overdoses. Scottish Conservative justice ...

‘The Scottish Prison Service are looking at where they stand now and how their policies need to be revised. ‘It’s really easy, no males in female jails. That’s it. ‘There’s no ...

Their leader, Russell Findlay, has also suggested that SNP ministers could free up space by doing more to remove foreign nationals from jails. The Scottish government says that is a matter for the ...

Scottish Tory shadow minister for equalities ... journey' given the crisis of staffing and overcrowding in Scotland’s jails. “It is vital that common sense prevails by prioritising the ...

"The Scottish Prison Service are looking at where they stand now and how their policies need to be revised. "It's really easy - no males in female jails. That's it. There's no complications here ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has been urged to change its rules to ensure jails are single-sex spaces after Wednesday's landmark Supreme Court ruling. Judges unanimously decided the definition of ...

The main three nationalities in Scottish jails are Albanians, Romanians and Poles and the most common offences include drugs, theft and robbery, and assault. In November there were 622 foreign inmates ...