The SPS said all bunk beds had been removed from the rooms of young people in HMP & YOI Polmont, as well as rectangular doorstops, to improve safety. It has also introduced "concern lines" into ...

Under the law, the Crown, which includes the Scottish Prison Service, cannot be held criminally responsible for deaths in ...

The SPS said all bunk beds had been removed from the rooms of young people at HMP & YOI Polmont, as well as rectangular doorstops, to improve safety. It has also introduced "concern lines" into ...

with a prototype available this month and will be introduced at HMP & YOI Polmont in the summer. It will then be rolled out to establishments across the country "to not only make sure that rooms ...

There are 16 prisons in Scotland. Prisons such as HMP Perth hold a mix of long and short-term adult male offenders. Young offenders institutions HMYOI Polmont can hold up to 758 offenders aged 18-21.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident (FAI) inquiry into the death of 48-year-old Gary Wallace, who died on 17 April 2021 at HMP Inverness.   A ...

Safety action plan accepted after suicides at Polmont Catalogue of failures led ... who died after being restrained by up to 17 prison officers at HMP Edinburgh in 2010. In Scotland, Crown ...