Nearly 40,000 prisoners in England and Wales have been let out of jail under the Government’s early release scheme to tackle overcrowding in prisons, figures show. Some 38,042 inmates had been freed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A total of 401 people passed away in jail in year to June 2025, including 86 whose deaths were classed as self-inflicted ...

The drug epidemic in HMP Barlinnie, Scotland’s largest prison and home to around 1,500 men, is so severe that 80% of inmates ...

Scottish Conservatives have announced plans to send prisoners overseas to complete their sentences – with leader Russell ...

Exclusive: In the midst of a growing prison overcrowding crisis, men were piled into HMP Dartmoor. Officials had been warned ...

Findlay says his party would draw up legislation to allow Scotland to send criminals to prisons in other countries to serve ...