It was as if a trouble-making virus was spreading from one prison to another. Peterhead, where there was ... They seized control of D Block and worked out their hatred of the prison and their ...

The drama unfolded 25 years after one of Scotland’s worst-ever prison riots. In October 1987, inmates took over Peterhead’s D-wing, holding 56-year-old prison officer Jackie Stuart hostage.

Victorian Peterhead ... prison's most notorious chapter came on September 28, 1987 when 50 prisoners, sick of their conditions, took 56-year-old warder Jackie Stuart hostage and control of Block D.

Thirty years ago this week, 50 inmates took control of D-hall at Peterhead Prison and took two warders ... and taken on to the roof of the cell block, 90ft above the ground, by his captors.

In May 1988, he was jailed for another 12 years at the High Court in Peterhead ... prison officer, was beaten, stripped, chained, and led like a dog across the 90ft high rooftop of the jail's D ...

HMP Peterhead and HMP Aberdeen. But the prison’s Cruden Hall block, which can house up to 78 inmates, was lying empty during an inspection conducted earlier this year. The Scottish Prison ...

Scotland's newest prison, which was shaken by a riot just months after opening, is performing well but can improve its health care, a report said. HMP Grampian in Peterhead opened in March 2014 ...

Thirty years ago this week, 50 inmates took control of D-hall at Peterhead Prison and took two warders ... and taken on to the roof of the cell block, 90ft above the ground, by his captors.