Ministers have published legal arguments on the issue ahead of a hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh next month.

SCOTTISH ministers have published legal arguments on the issue of transgender inmates being housed in the female prison ...

Ex-prison governor says there are ‘no women’s prisons in Scotland’ - Rhona Hotchkiss criticised the Scottish Prison Services’ (SPS) transgender policy ahead of a judicial review in February.

The SNP has launched a secret legal bid to keep biological men in women’s prisons by forcing a change to the Equality Act.

Ex-prison governor Rhona Hotchkiss has warned “women’s rights are being breached” and accused John Swinney of leaving ...

A blanket ban on placing biological males who identify as transgender in female prisons would violate their human rights, the ...

Mum Linda, whose daughter Katie took her own life at Polmont has welcomed an independent report which has found “routine ...

NATS ministers sparked fury for appearing to suggest that sending male-bodied trans convicts to women’s prisons is like mums ...

LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded prisons across the United Kingdom. “We have been managing an ...

Scotland's prisons are “dangerously out of control” due to overcrowding, budget cuts and gangland feuds behind bars, it has been claimed. New figures confirm HMP Barlinnie, HMP Edinburgh, HMP ...

THE Prison Officers Association (POA) has demanded investment to tackle the “deep-seated problems” in the Scottish prison service. Despite two waves of early release schemes over the last year, ...