HMP Dumfries has become the first prison in Scotland to receive official recognition from parkrun UK. The prison now offers an official 5k parkrun to prisoners, staff and members of the community.

Former RAF serviceman Gordon Pinkerton and priest Francis Moore were serving sentences at HMP Dumfries when they contracted coronavirus during two separate outbreaks in the prison during the pandemic.

They found that prisoners at HMP Dumfries were "significantly more positive" in the assessment of their treatment than at other sites around the country. But they noted that, with buildings dating ...

Inmates at HM Prison Dumfries have answered a call to create bespoke props for the Medieval Market and Fayre in the form of a set of stocks and a face in the hole board for photo opportunities ...