A prison in Ayrshire has become the first of its kind to pass into public ownership. HMP Kilmarnock was run by Serco on behalf of Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd but the firm's contract came to an ...

Anthony McCarthy died in his cell at HMP Kilmarnock in September 2020, with cocaine and other substances found to be the cause.

James O'Rourke, 49, attacked Thomas Peacock with a "pointed piece of metal" while they were both exercising in HMP Kilmarnock. He pled guilty to attempted murder at the High Court in Glasgow and ...

A sheriff has made no recommendations following the death of a prisoner that was caused by substance abuse. Anthony McCarthy ...

"I detect no remorse for your actions." Less than 48 hours before the murder, Allison - described as a prisoner in HMP Kilmarnock - had attacked another man, Jonjo Brown, with a knife in nearby ...

The 29-year-old Paisley man’s mum Agnes McGuire told a Fatal Accident Inquiry that she believed keeping the number of daily, random cell searches at 12 instead of nine might have saved his life.

The HMP serves as a "road map" for discovering the roles these microorganisms play in human health, nutrition, immunity, and disease in diverse niches of the human body. A major goal of the HMP is the ...

James McDonald, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Michael Lyons during an attack on one of the family's ...

The henitentiary at HMP Edinburgh is a key part of prison life, writes Cat Thomson. From gorgeous Georgian town houses to jaw-dropping penthouses, converted campervans to bargain boltholes.