Scottish male prison population statistics: FOI release

Information requested

The following information in relation to the Scottish prison population:

For each of the statistical years listed below:

- 2020–21
- 2021–22
- 2022–23
- 2023–24

1. The number of men aged 50 years and over held in Scottish prisons.

2. Where available, please provide this information as:

(a) Average daily prison population, and
(b) Number of unique individuals aged 50+ who spent time in custody during each year.

Response

The numbers of individuals and average daily populations of men in prison in Scotland are provided in the table below.

These statistics are drawn from the accredited official statistics data source using the interactive analysis tool available here: https://scotland.shinyapps.io/sg-prison-population-statistics/. For more information on this source, see the Scottish Government website prison statistics collection: https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-prison-population-statistics/

Average Daily Population (ADP) and Number of unique individuals aged 50+ who spent time in custody during each year

	ADP	Individuals
2020-21	1,151.7	1,862
2021-22	1,202.2	1,908
2022-23	1,282.5	2,056
2023-24	1,369.3	2,193

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