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Publication - Statistics

Statistical bulletin - Crime and Justice series: Prison statistics Scotland 2010-11

Published
19 August 2011
ISBN
978178045346

This bulletin shows data up to 2010-11 on Scottish prison population level and characteristics, receptions to/liberations from Scottish prisons, and international comparisons.

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Direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by age and sex:
2001-02 to 2010-11 Table 11

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 % change over past year
Total 12,176 12,827 12,522 12,576 12,920 13,989 14,201 14,634 14,041 13,109 -7
Under 16 1 4 5 - 2 3 5 5 1 - n/a
16 103 135 96 122 134 159 130 106 89 73 -18
17 358 373 354 318 372 388 404 374 321 218 -32
18 532 483 456 498 513 554 585 588 572 429 -25
19 641 599 510 537 568 582 619 591 547 445 -19
20 756 631 583 473 573 601 611 601 613 535 -13
21 - 30 5,897 6,285 6,153 5,916 5,689 6,096 6,370 6,418 6,120 5,661 -8
31 - 40 2,692 3,055 3,075 3,193 3,412 3,639 3,527 3,779 3,546 3,590 1
41 - 50 831 881 919 1,156 1,211 1,518 1,457 1,641 1,691 1,648 -3
Over 50 365 381 371 363 446 449 493 531 541 510 -6
Men 11,487 12,114 11,744 11,725 12,088 13,056 13,259 13,609 13,020 12,091 -7
Under 16 1 4 4 - 2 3 5 5 1 - n/a
16 100 129 94 116 134 147 125 101 84 71 -15
17 339 353 336 300 363 376 381 350 291 203 -30
18 516 452 440 473 487 517 563 558 543 378 -30
19 601 570 468 507 544 552 583 567 515 418 -19
20 700 594 543 431 544 562 584 565 584 499 -15
21 - 30 5,553 5,931 5,754 5,489 5,284 5,636 5,913 5,934 5,666 5,218 -8
31 - 40 2,538 2,868 2,894 2,983 3,160 3,411 3,290 3,496 3,281 3,315 1
41 - 50 788 844 858 1,084 1,146 1,428 1,365 1,535 1,557 1,517 -3
Over 50 351 369 353 342 424 424 450 498 498 472 -5
Women 689 713 778 851 832 933 942 1,025 1,021 1,018 *
Under 16 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
16 3 6 2 6 - 12 5 5 5 2 -60
17 19 20 18 18 9 12 23 24 30 15 -50
18 16 31 16 25 26 37 22 30 29 51 76
19 40 29 42 30 24 30 36 24 32 27 -16
20 56 37 40 42 29 39 27 36 29 36 24
21 - 30 344 354 399 427 405 460 457 484 454 443 -2
31 - 40 154 187 181 210 252 228 237 283 265 275 4
41 - 50 43 37 61 72 65 90 92 106 134 131 -2
Over 50 14 12 18 21 22 25 43 33 43 38 -12

Notes: Receptions do not equate to persons received since someone receiving a custodial sentence after a period on remand, or several custodial sentences at different times or from different courts, will be counted more than once. Counting conventions are described in more detail in Section 5.

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