Coronavirus (COVID-19): Justice Analytical Services data report - May 2021

Prisons

Prison population

While the total prison population has fallen slightly with reduced court business, the number of people held on remand remains at a historic high level.

In May 2021 (up until the morning of 1st June):

• the population increased by 79 to 7,400
• 1,979 were on remand: 1,689 (23%) untried & 290 (4%) awaiting sentence
• 66% of arrivals were untried (613 of 935), and 16% awaiting sentence (152)

Remand Arrival Offences

There were 691 un-sentenced arrivals to prison with known offence types in May, awaiting trial or sentencing for the following alleged offences

Note: Double-counting may occur where an individual is absent from prison for a night in the week and then returns. Where an individual has multiple alleged offence types, the offence towards the top of the list in the chart is used as the index offence.

Further Information:

Latest published annual prison population statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-prison-population-statistics-legal-status-2019-20/