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Brian Cathcart, 47, died at the Victorian prison in the east end in December 2021, with a Fatal Accident Inquiry to be held ...
A convicted loyalist bomber and major suspect in the shocking Loughinisland massacre stepped out in the summer sunshine on ...
Prison reform campaigners have called for a cap on the number of prisoners in Scotland as jails grow dangerously overcrowded ...
A host of experts working with marginalized populations weighed in on this question at the Global Forum on Nicotine.
CONVICTED criminals including violent thugs are being freed from jail to be deported then returning to Scotland - creating a ...
Police surveillance uncovered the plan which involved transporting drugs in balloons and Kinder eggs to HMP Addiewell.
Prison inspectors found that overcrowding and its impacts were the” primary concerns” and warned it breaches UN rules. Ever after the early release of short-term prisoners, the average prison ...
Last Tuesday marked the celebration of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Barlinnie Prison - it’s been 65 years since they began.
Glasgow’s Barlinnie prison saw the highest number of drug-smuggling drone incidents in Scotland last year, up more than double on the previous year.
California death row inmate Julian Mendez killed in Kern Valley State Prison allegedly involving more than 30 inmates, with Mario Renteria as the alleged initial attacker.
A Glasgow woman was caught smuggling cocaine into Barlinnie for her husband. Sarah Dempster went to the East End jail on the afternoon of December 29, 2022 to visit William Dempster.
Barlinnie Prison, where he spent 44 days and nights, is six miles away and 30 years in the distance, but right now, as he discusses the opening chapters of his autobiography, he's back there.