Scottish Prison Service

A replacement for Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison is expected by 2025, the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee has heard. Justice secretary Humza Yousaf and Colin McConnell, chief executive at the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), told the committee on Tuesday that a deal to buy the land is &ldquo

A site close to the Provan gas works in Glasgow is the only place currently being considered for the replacement of Barlinnie Prison, according to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). A replacement for Scotland’s largest jail, which dates back to the 19th century, is expected to cost up to &poun

Councillors in Dundee have been asked to approve an application for a women’s custody unit.

Image: Google Street View HMP Barlinnie is to be closed down and replaced with a new £100 million jail, the Sunday Mail reports.

Plans for a women’s custody unit in Dundee have been submitted by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). If approved, the community custody unit (CCU) will open in late 2020 on Nelson Street in the Hilltown area of the city.

Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has started work on the full concept design for the new £70 million HMP Highland in Inverness. The initial designs by BakerHicks, which were used to achieve Planning Permission in Principle, are now being developed by their design team to

Councillors have given planning permission in principle (PPP) for the new HMP Highland, a state of the art facility that will be the first new prison in the north of Scotland for more than a century. Following positive and significant pre-application discussions with Highland Council, and a pre-appl

Commercial property specialist Colliers International has prepared and lodged a Planning Permission in Principle (PPP) application for the first new prison in the Highlands of Scotland for more than a century. The new HMP Highland will replace the 112-year-old HMP Inverness Prison, located in the ci

Contractors are being invited to come forward with bids to build a new national women’s prison in Stirling. The new prison, catering for just 80 of the most serious offenders, is to be built to replace Scotland’s only female jail at Cornton Vale.

The bidding process for firms to design and build a new £75 million women's prison in Greenock has opened. The Scottish Prison Service is looking for five companies to be involved in the construction process.