Prisoners in Scotland serving less than four months will be released early under Scottish Government plans. Justice Secretary Angela Constance announced the release point for short-term prisoners will be reduced from 50% of their sentence to 40%, which she said would result in between 260 and 390 prisoners being freed.

Prisoners in Scotland serving less than a four-year sentence could be released earlier under new plans announced by the Scottish government.

Angela Constance said Scotland's prison population would be "unsustainable" if more inmates were not freed early.