Troubled history of Peterhead jail from 'hate factory' to health fears
The 'super-jail' sits next to the old prison site where riots and hostage-takings once took place.
After over a century of incarceration, Scotland's most notorious prison is still rattling cages.
Once known as the country's hardest lock-up, the Peterhead jail was partly demolished in 2012 to make way for the new HMP Grampian, a £140m "super-jail" that promised to draw a line under the riots and hostage-takings that swept the prison during the 1980s.
After councillors unanimously backed development plans, the new facility saw prisoners from HMP Aberdeen and HMP Peterhead under one roof, in Scotland's first community prison for offenders of all ages.