The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis Phrìosain na h-Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing...

most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own prison services: the Scottish Prison Service and the Northern...

of Prisons. Prisons in Scotland are run by the Scottish Prison Service and prisons in Northern Ireland are run by the Northern Ireland Prison Service. There...

HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie...

National Offender Management Service for England and Wales. Prisons in Scotland are managed by the Scottish Prison Service and prisons in Northern Ireland are...

Majesty's Prison Service, which manages most prisons in England & Wales, and the Scottish Prison Service, which manages most prisons in Scotland. The Prison Service...

Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire; near Glasgow, Scotland. It has been operated by the Scottish Prison Service as a prison since 1968 and was for low-category prisoners...

Hamilton and Dinah McNicol. Tobin died in October 2022. "Prisons: HMP Edinburgh". Scottish Prison Service. Retrieved 26 July 2016. "HMP Edinburgh". www.sps.gov...

over the Bryson case, the Scottish Prison Service announced an "urgent review" into the transgender cases within its prisons, pausing the movement of any...

Police Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Poileas Alba), officially the Police Service of Scotland (Seirbheis Phoilis na h-Alba), is the national police force...

2008, it opened a new prison in West Lothian on behalf of the Scottish Prison Service. In August 2013, Sodexo Justice Services was criticised in an official...

drug problem doubles in five years – study The Guardian HM Prison Service - England and Wales Scottish Prison Service Northern Ireland Prison Service...

contract in March 2024 at which point the Scottish Prison Service took over direct management of the prison. In 2005 the BBC program Panorama uncovered...

General". www.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 7 January 2024. "Prisoner Population". www.sps.gov.uk. Scottish Prison Service. Archived from the original...

In 2021–2022, the Prison population of Scotland was recorded at just over 7,500 inmates by the Scottish Government. The prison population in the country...

operated by Sodexo Justice Services and contracted to the Scottish Prison Service. The prison holds adult males who have been convicted as well as those...

inspection of Glenochil Prison. Scottish Prison Service. ISBN 978 0 7559 9537 0. "Glenochil Prison". Scottish Prison Service. Retrieved 26 July 2016....

The Scottish Government (Scottish Gaelic: Riaghaltas na h-Alba, pronounced [ˈrˠiə.əl̪ˠt̪əs nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) is the devolved government of Scotland. It was...

and 1962, bringing capacity up to 362. According to the Scottish Prison Service, the prison could, in 2012, accommodate up to 142 prisoners. It closed...

courts and judiciary of Scotland were transferred under devolution. In common with the Scottish Prison Service in the Scottish justice system, this arm's...

Scottish Prison Service. Retrieved 26 May 2017. "Report on HMYOI Polmont - Full Inspection 22-30 October 2012". Scottish government. Scottish government...

HM Prison Shotts is a prison near Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a prison holding male prisoners with maximum security classification. Shotts...

Fiscal Service (Scottish Gaelic: Oifis a' Chrùin agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid a' Chrùin) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and...

Scotland. The prison was managed by the Scottish Prison Service. Known as one of the most overcrowded prisons in Scotland, it had a design capacity of 155 and...

Campaign) the Scottish Prison Service suspended the consultation on the Milton of Leys site to assess an alternative option. In 2021, the Scottish Government...

Oberhausen, Østre Gasværk Teater and Newstead Gasworks. In 2020, the Scottish Prison Service announced that it intended to buy 22 hectares (54 acres) of land...

Cornton Vale was a women's prison and young offenders institution in Stirling, Scotland operated by the Scottish Prison Service. The facility comprised a...

privately-run prison in Scotland to pass into the ownership of the Scottish Prison Service after its contract with Serco comes to an end. 19 March – Scottish Prison...

now the Scottish Prison Service. It was renamed the Prison Department in 1928, and was merged with the Scottish Office to become the Scottish Home Department...

Scotland, the Scottish Prison Service, fire services, civil emergencies and civil justice. Many areas of Scots law are legislated for by the Scottish...