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

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


Average daily population and maximum number by penal establishment: 2010-11
Table 2

Average daily population Maximum number 1
Men Women Total Men Women Total
Prisons
Aberdeen 225 3 228 259 8 261
Addiewell 702 - 702 714 - 714
Barlinnie 1,384 - 1,384 1,530 - 1,530
Cornton Vale - 329 329 - 377 377
Dumfries 200 - 200 213 - 213
Edinburgh 897 - 897 939 - 939
Glenochil 656 - 656 675 - 675
Greenock 224 51 275 250 60 308
Inverness 137 2 139 156 5 159
Kilmarnock 567 - 567 604 - 604
Open Estate 2 256 - 256 297 - 297
Perth 658 - 658 721 - 721
Peterhead 245 - 245 307 - 307
Shotts 536 - 536 543 - 543
Young Offenders Institutions 3
Cornton Vale - 50 50 - 61 61
Polmont 732 - 732 778 - 778
Total 7,418 434 7,852 7,658 490 8,096

Notes:

1. The figures in these columns cannot be added to produce a total maximum number since the individual establishment figures relate to different days during 2010-11. The maximum number of prisoners held within the Scottish Prison Service estate was 8,096 on 24 May 2010. The maximum number of male prisoners was 7,658 on 24 May 2010, and the maximum number of female prisoners was 490 on 22 March 2011.

2. During the period covered by this report, the Open Estate operated from two sites at Noranside and Castle Huntly.

3. Friarton Hall merged with Perth prison in 1999. This facility was used to house male young offenders between 2006 and 2010, and closed in March 2010. Population figures for this period were reported separately as Perth Young Offender Institution in previous publications.

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