Prime Big Deal Days, and the cheapest thing in the trolley is a Glasgow murder. Twisting Fates is 99p / 99 cents until 21 October, with thirty other mystery, thriller and horror ebooks on this page. A dead professor, a man in Barlinnie who didn't do it. mybook.to/MysteryThril...
October 6, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Prime Big Deal Days, and the cheapest thing in the trolley is a Glasgow murder. Twisting Fates is 99p / 99 cents until 21 October, with thirty other mystery, thriller and horror ebooks on this page. A dead professor, a man in Barlinnie who didn't do it. mybook.to/MysteryThril...
The 69-year-old died in 2023.
FAI begins following death of OAP Barlinnie prisoner
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
October 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The 69-year-old died in 2023.
🎥 WATCH: Inside Barlinnie: How Scotland's largest prison is hanging by a thread
I visited Barlinnie last week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186)
On YouTube now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq6I...
I visited Barlinnie last week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186)
On YouTube now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq6I...
Inside Barlinnie: How Scotland's largest prison is 'hanging by a thread'
YouTube video by The Scotsman
m.youtube.com
September 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
🎥 WATCH: Inside Barlinnie: How Scotland's largest prison is hanging by a thread
I visited Barlinnie last week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186)
On YouTube now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq6I...
I visited Barlinnie last week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186)
On YouTube now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq6I...
I'm sure that's the blueprints for HMP Barlinnie............ does Ed have a brother?
September 20, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I'm sure that's the blueprints for HMP Barlinnie............ does Ed have a brother?
🔴 Inside Barlinnie: How Scotland's largest prison is hanging by a thread
An eye-opening visit to Barlinnie earlier this week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186):
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
An eye-opening visit to Barlinnie earlier this week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186):
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Inside Barlinnie: How Scotland's largest prison is hanging by a thread
The Scotland on Sunday goes behind bars to discover the real impact of prison overcrowding
www.scotsman.com
September 20, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🔴 Inside Barlinnie: How Scotland's largest prison is hanging by a thread
An eye-opening visit to Barlinnie earlier this week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186):
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
An eye-opening visit to Barlinnie earlier this week, where I interviewed governor Michael Stoney and saw inside E block, which houses 310 sex offenders (design capacity 186):
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Barlinnie warning and Murrell 'bombshell'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotland's papers: Barlinnie warning and Murrell 'bombshell'
A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Barlinnie warning and Murrell 'bombshell'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New blog post, on my author visit to HMP Barlinnie, Scotland's largest prison.
kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2026/09/visi...
kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2026/09/visi...
The Early Days of a Better Nation
Ken MacLeod
kenmacleod.blogspot.com
September 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
New blog post, on my author visit to HMP Barlinnie, Scotland's largest prison.
kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2026/09/visi...
kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2026/09/visi...
The door makes it look like the loo is in Barlinnie lol.
September 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The door makes it look like the loo is in Barlinnie lol.
New jail is being built by… convicted criminals
Scores of convicted criminals are being hired to help build the new Barlinnie prison.
Scores of convicted criminals are being hired to help build the new Barlinnie prison.
New jail is being built by… convicted criminals
Scores of convicted criminals are being hired to help build the new Barlinnie prison.
umlegacypressqsefc.com
September 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
New jail is being built by… convicted criminals
Scores of convicted criminals are being hired to help build the new Barlinnie prison.
Scores of convicted criminals are being hired to help build the new Barlinnie prison.
I'll have to confer with my partner Mad Mike MacIntyre, of no affixed abode, formerly of HMP Barlinnie and Easterhouse
August 30, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I'll have to confer with my partner Mad Mike MacIntyre, of no affixed abode, formerly of HMP Barlinnie and Easterhouse
"It's never too late to turn your life around."
Prisoners at HMP Barlinnie are being encouraged to focus on employment, family and future goals through meditation and mindfulness workshops.
Do you think programmes like this can help reduce reoffending? 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Prisoners at HMP Barlinnie are being encouraged to focus on employment, family and future goals through meditation and mindfulness workshops.
Do you think programmes like this can help reduce reoffending? 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
August 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"It's never too late to turn your life around."
Prisoners at HMP Barlinnie are being encouraged to focus on employment, family and future goals through meditation and mindfulness workshops.
Do you think programmes like this can help reduce reoffending? 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Prisoners at HMP Barlinnie are being encouraged to focus on employment, family and future goals through meditation and mindfulness workshops.
Do you think programmes like this can help reduce reoffending? 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Wee Burnie fae Barlinnie
August 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Wee Burnie fae Barlinnie
The cost of replacing HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow is expected to exceed £1 million per prisoner, according to sources familiar with the project. The replacement prison, known as HMP Glasgow, was originally estimated at £1 billion last year, a significant increase from the initial 2014 budget. The
August 18, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The cost of replacing HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow is expected to exceed £1 million per prisoner, according to sources familiar with the project. The replacement prison, known as HMP Glasgow, was originally estimated at £1 billion last year, a significant increase from the initial 2014 budget. The
🏗️ The replacement for Glasgow's notorious Barlinnie Prison is now expected to cost almost £998 million.
Officials say the new facility will help tackle overcrowding, but critics have questioned the escalating price tag.
Full story👉 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Officials say the new facility will help tackle overcrowding, but critics have questioned the escalating price tag.
Full story👉 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
August 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🏗️ The replacement for Glasgow's notorious Barlinnie Prison is now expected to cost almost £998 million.
Officials say the new facility will help tackle overcrowding, but critics have questioned the escalating price tag.
Full story👉 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Officials say the new facility will help tackle overcrowding, but critics have questioned the escalating price tag.
Full story👉 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
MSPs are eager for 357 extra places in HMP Glasgow in 2028, without recognising the prison population can rise by hundreds within months. In 🏴, we're hundreds over capacity *now*.
Prison building is staggeringly costly, taking years. Other strategies are needed
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/barlinn...
Prison building is staggeringly costly, taking years. Other strategies are needed
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/barlinn...
August 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM
MSPs are eager for 357 extra places in HMP Glasgow in 2028, without recognising the prison population can rise by hundreds within months. In 🏴, we're hundreds over capacity *now*.
Prison building is staggeringly costly, taking years. Other strategies are needed
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/barlinn...
Prison building is staggeringly costly, taking years. Other strategies are needed
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/barlinn...
Hope he's currently rotting on the nonce wing at barlinnie
August 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Hope he's currently rotting on the nonce wing at barlinnie
Barlinnie replacement could cost over £1m per prisoner
Barlinnie replacement could cost over £1m per prisoner
Scotland's jail-building fiasco is likely to cost taxpayers over £1million per prisoner, with HMP Glasgow and HMP Highland costs soaring.
britbrief.co.uk
August 16, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Barlinnie replacement could cost over £1m per prisoner
Clocked an interesting looking building on my run this morning so went to check it out. Turned out to be Barlinnie.
August 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Clocked an interesting looking building on my run this morning so went to check it out. Turned out to be Barlinnie.
The UK needs a fundamental discussion on criminal justice & the ineffectiveness of prisons for lots of offenders. Policy is currently driven by media shouting. Lots of lessons to be learned from Barlinnie SU.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/th...
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/th...
The Barlinnie Special Unit: a radical experiment keeps Scotland talking fifty years on - SCCJR
This press release was originally issued by Edinburgh Napier University. The Barlinnie Special Unit (BSU), which polarised opinions for its […]
www.sccjr.ac.uk
August 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The UK needs a fundamental discussion on criminal justice & the ineffectiveness of prisons for lots of offenders. Policy is currently driven by media shouting. Lots of lessons to be learned from Barlinnie SU.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/th...
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/th...
See highly effective 1970s Scottish Prison Service Special Unit, Barlinnie prison, Glasgow. Scotland faced then a fearsome 'hardman' culture. Then-infamous criminal Jimmy Boyle was one example of violent individuals being enabled to reform. Anglo-UK innately prefers to look abroad than to Scotland?
August 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
See highly effective 1970s Scottish Prison Service Special Unit, Barlinnie prison, Glasgow. Scotland faced then a fearsome 'hardman' culture. Then-infamous criminal Jimmy Boyle was one example of violent individuals being enabled to reform. Anglo-UK innately prefers to look abroad than to Scotland?
Barlinnie prison had a similar wing decades ago, specifically for the most dangerous violent and truculent men. It had amazing results. It was closed down.
August 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Barlinnie prison had a similar wing decades ago, specifically for the most dangerous violent and truculent men. It had amazing results. It was closed down.
