An offender fresh out of Polmont YOI was dropped off at Polmont Railway Station and – possibly craving some snacks – shoulder ...

Valerie Hayes, Gary Reburn and Frank Amnott were found to be behind a twisted scheme to kidnap five children and kill their ...

Retired Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie will aim to improve efficiency and address the length of time it takes for ...

A spokesman said Mr Michie had been praised by prison inspectors for improvements he made during his time in charge of Polmont. We told in January how a damning report by the same sheriff found ...

the Scottish Prison Service has been warned by a sheriff. Jack McKenzie, 20, died in his cell at Polmont YOI in September 2021, nine months after being remanded on rape and sexual assault charges ...

Prison officers failed to properly check up on an inmate who had taken his own life in prison, a probe has found. Jack McKenzie was pronounced dead in his cell at Polmont Young Offenders Institute ...

In her statement to Holyrood, Ms Constance said the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) – which runs Polmont – has established a taskforce to ensure all the recommendations from the FAI are acted upon.

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont, which is run by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). Ms Allan, a student at Glasgow University ...