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Publication - Statistics

Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Prison Statistics Scotland: 2009-10

Published
20 December 2010
ISBN
9780755998722

Statistical bulletin showing information on the Scottish prison population.

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4. Tables

Notes on tables

25. Where a table refers to average daily populations, components may not add to totals due to rounding. Data are derived from a live information management system and updated and quality assured on an on-going basis. The figures shown here may therefore differ slightly from those published previously. Where substantive revisions have been made to improve the quality of the data, these will be indicated in the footnotes.

26. Population figures exclude prisoners on early release such as Home Detention Curfew, but include prisoners on temporary release such as extended home leave. Prisoners may be classified as unlawfully at large due to absconding (not returning from temporary release as scheduled) or having breached their Home Detention Curfew conditions: such prisoners are currently included in the population counts.

27. The following symbols are used throughout.

- Nil * Less than 0.5 n/a Not available

Table 1: Average daily population in penal establishments by type of custody: 2000-01 to 2009-10

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

% change over past year

Total

5,869

6,182

6,452

6,606

6,776

6,856

7,187

7,377

7,827

7,964

2

Remand

890

996

1,207

1,237

1,223

1,250

1,572

1,561

1,679

1,522

-9

Untried

768

862

1,055

1,075

1,035

1,032

1,330

1,307

1,415

1,170

-17

Convicted awaiting sentence

122

134

152

163

188

218

243

255

264

352

34

Young offenders

232

262

273

256

262

285

361

355

334

305

-9

Adults

658

733

933

981

961

965

1,211

1,206

1,344

1,217

-9

Sentenced

4,975

5,184

5,244

5,367

5,552

5,605

5,614

5,814

6,147

6,441

5

Young offenders (direct sentence)

603

595

569

538

544

607

621

658

657

690

5

Adults (direct sentence)

4,116

4,304

4,380

4,477

4,602

4,554

4,433

4,518

4,880

5,120

5

Fine defaulters

57

54

56

55

51

47

46

28

11

9

-16

Recalls from supervision/licence

164

195

234

291

350

396

514

610

599

621

4

Others

35

36

6

7

5

1

*

*

-

-

-

Sentenced by court martial

2

*

*

*

1

-

-

*

1

-

n/a

Civil prisoners

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

*

1

n/a

Men

5,663

5,925

6,171

6,293

6,444

6,521

6,834

7,006

7,416

7,540

2

Remand

844

934

1,125

1,150

1,138

1,166

1,471

1,445

1,545

1,417

-8

Untried

737

820

1,000

1,016

979

975

1,258

1,232

1,330

1,107

-17

Convicted awaiting sentence

108

114

126

134

159

191

213

213

215

311

45

Sentenced

4,815

4,989

5,044

5,141

5,305

5,355

5,362

5,560

5,869

6,122

4

Young offenders (direct sentence)

574

569

548

514

514

583

591

634

633

663

5

Adults (direct sentence)

3,992

4,143

4,207

4,281

4,389

4,334

4,219

4,296

4,634

4,837

4

Fine defaulters

53

50

51

50

47

43

43

26

10

8

-18

Recalls from supervision/licence

163

193

233

289

348

394

510

603

592

615

4

Others

33

34

5

7

5

1

*

*

-

-

-

Sentenced by court martial

2

*

*

*

1

-

-

*

1

-

n/a

Civil prisoners

1

2

1

1

1

*

*

1

*

1

n/a

Women

206

257

282

314

332

334

353

371

412

424

3

Remand

46

62

81

88

85

84

101

117

133

105

-21

Untried

31

42

55

59

56

57

72

74

85

63

-25

Convicted awaiting sentence

15

20

26

29

29

27

29

42

49

41

-15

Sentenced

160

194

200

226

247

250

252

254

278

319

15

Young offenders (direct sentence)

29

26

20

24

30

24

30

24

25

28

13

Adults (direct sentence)

124

161

173

196

212

221

215

222

246

284

16

Fine defaulters

4

4

5

4

4

4

3

2

1

1

n/a

Recalls from supervision/licence

1

1

1

2

1

2

4

7

7

6

-14

Others

2

3

1

*

*

*

-

-

-

-

-

Sentenced by court martial

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Civil prisoners

*

*

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

n/a
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