Prison boss: I'd struggle to survive my own jail
Michael Stoney said new early release laws were necessary for staff and inmates at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow ...
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Kier secures Scottish Government contract for new prison in Glasgow
Kier has secured a £683.8m ($853.9m) contract from the Scottish Government to build a new prison in Glasgow, aimed at ...
Inside Scotland’s £1bn super-prison – landscaped gardens, fruit orchards and owls
SNP accused of squandering money on jail akin to a ‘luxury resort or nature reserve’ after costs surge from £100m estimate ...
Swinney grilled on soaring costs of new prison
Swinney insists he wants to make sure there is a replacement prison that is safe and secure. We now know the replacement for ...
HMP Glasgow: Cost of replacement jail for HMP Barlinnie soars to almost £1bn
The projected cost of a new prison replacing Scotland's notorious HMP Barlinnie has more than doubled to almost £1bn. The ...
HMP Glasgow: SNP accused of building £1bn 'luxury resort' instead of high-security prison
Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay hit out after it was revealed this week that the estimated cost of the jail had ...
Father of 4 Drugged, Raped and Murdered by 'Depraved' Couple Just Days After His Child Was Born
Calum Simpson died after being drugged by two men in Fife, Scotland. Dylan Brister and Cameron Allan were convicted of his ...
SNP ‘squandering money on scandalous scale’ as new prison cost doubles to nearly £1bn
Angela Constance, the party’s justice secretary, blamed inflation for the massive price rise amid accusations of ‘financial ...
Money launderer who delivered wages to Scotland's biggest crime gang dies in jail
A Scots money launderer who delivered wages to gangsters has died in jail. . Gerard McTaggart, 49, was jailed for four years ...
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Scotland's billion-pound prison: SNP under fire after it is revealed cost of new jail has increased TENFOLD and cells will open years behind schedule
That is a total dereliction of duty at a time when the SNP are about to release hundreds of dangerous prisoners due to their failure to invest in Scotland's prison estate over 18 years in power.
Ex-football scout jailed for sexually abusing Scots schoolboys dies in prison
An ex-football coach who was jailed for abusing four schoolboys has died in jail. Kenneth Divers, 80, was jailed in June, ...
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Glasgow plasterer involved in organised crime dies in prison
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 ...