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Conditions in Barlinnie ‘shameful’, says senior prisons official

The Glasgow-based prison is operating at 140% capacity.

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

‘I wish it hadn’t happened, but I don’t think I deserved to go to prison. I got looked after, but that won’t stop somebody throwing a bucket of s**te at you’ Duncan Ferguson tells FourFourTwo about the horrors of Glasgow’s notorious Barlinnie Prison

The striker served 44 days in prison in 1995 for an on-field headbutt that took place a year earlier

FourFourTwo · May 3, 2025

Sentencing of ‘evil Jesus’ who plotted murder of prosecutor on dark web delayed

Martin Ready, 42, was found guilty earlier this year of attempting to conspire to murder Darren Harty.

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024

Barlinnie prison rammy as packages thrown over jail wall into exercise yard

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Robert Warnock was involved in the chaos as parcels fell into the exercise yard and prisoners tried to stop guards removing them.

Glasgow Live · May 1, 2023

Cost to replace notorious Scots prison with state-of-the-art super-jail soars to £400m

Scottish Government ministers had initially pencilled in £100 million to replace Barlinnie with the new purpose-built HMP Glasgow.

Daily Record · Apr 23, 2023

When rioting inmates staged a five-day siege at Glasgow's HMP Barlinnie

Over a five-day period in early January 1987, a group of rioting inmates managed to seize control of an entire wing of Barlinnie jail, occupying the rooftop and taking several officers hostage.

Glasgow Live · Aug 11, 2022

Scots prison therapist who introduced killers to groundbreaking art therapy dies

Joyce Laing worked in Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow from 1973, pioneering art therapy as a method of rehabilitation.

Daily Record · Jul 23, 2022

Barlinnie to be replaced by HMP Glasgow in 2026 as contract awarded for new prison

Plans for the new jail to be built on a 54-acre site in Provanmill to the south of Royston Road, near Provan Gas Works, were approved by the council in September of 2020.

Glasgow Live · Jul 19, 2022

Barlinnie jail boss says keeping drugs out of prisons is 'impossible' due to massive demand from inmates

Sean McFedries made the comments during a Fatal Accident Inquiry following the death of James McCulloch, who was found unresponsive in his cell in March 2020.

Daily Record · Jun 22, 2022

When Ross Kemp came to Glasgow to visit ‘notorious’ Barlinnie

The actor spent some time in Scotland's largest prison, speaking to inmates and guards to find out what happens behind the gates of Barlinnie.

Glasgow Live · May 14, 2022