Musicians and prisoners work together to release album in landmark project
THE album has 10 tracks and features some of Scotland’s most popular musicians singing songs of hope, fear and love.
Prison
Fears over number of prisoners who have served short-term sentences while pregnant
CONCERNS have been raised about the number of pregnant women who have served short-term prison sentences in the last five years.
Prisoners at Saughton go to classes on space station design and growing crops on the moon
PRISONERS are being taught about life on Mars to help them go straight.
Bill lodged at Holyrood proposing GPS tracking of criminals
NEW legislation which will allow GPS monitoring of criminals has been lodged at Holyrood.
Notorious murderer Daniel Eastwood changes name and asks to live as a woman at male prison
A NOTORIOUS killer who strangled his cellmate with shoelaces is living behind bars as a woman.
Riot breaks out at Shotts prison over TV sports choice
A riot broke out at one of Scotland’s toughest jails when inmates began fighting over whether to watch live darts or football.
MSPs debate giving prisoners the chance to vote
ELECTION hustings could take place inside jails if prisoners are given the right to vote, an MSP has suggested.
Heard about Toyah Willcox performing in HM Prison Aberdeen…?
JOHNNY CASH’S prison gigs at San Quentin and Folsom are legendary.
Vicious killer Alexander Pacteau moved from prison for his own safety
EVIL killer Alexander Pacteau has been moved from his prison cell – to stop fellow convicts dishing out their own brand of justice.
How Black Watch murderer planned prison escape with stolen angle grinder
IT’S like something taken directly from the pages of a Hollywood script.
Criminals ‘should pay up in full before release from prison’
CRIMINALS pursued for their ill-gotten gains should not be released from prison until they have paid up, a new report suggests.