Maintaining the safety and security of Scotland’s prisons is and remains an absolute priority.The following table sets out specific grounds that led to Scottish Prison Service staff being removed, dismissed, or blocked from taking up employment due to security concerns, including how many cases involved (a) known or suspected links to organised crime, (b) intelligence provided by Police Scotland, (c) corruption or integrity risks, (d) involvement in contraband-related activity and (e) associations with serving or liberated prisoners’ and (f) other.Calendar YearReason*Number of SPS Employees as of 31 Marchabcdef2022 3 4145892023 5 6 45622024 6 4 4962*Category (e) has been amended to ‘associations with serving or liberated prisoners’ and category (f) ‘other’ has been added to match data recording and to provide consistency with PQ: S6W-42124 on 9 December 2025 response.All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website...