Scottish Prison Population Statistics: Legal Status, 2019-20

Experimental prison population statistics covering the period 2009-10 to 2019-20, expanding on the previous publication with information about legal statuses, sentences and offences.

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An Experimental Statistics Publication for Scotland

Experimental statistics are statistics which are published in order to involve users and stakeholders in their development and as a means to build in quality at an early stage.

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Telephone: 0131 244 0442, e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

How to access background or source data

The data collected for this statistical bulletin:

☐ are available in more detail on statistics.gov.scot

☐ are available on the UK Data Archive under end user license

☒ may be made available on request, subject to consideration of legal and ethical factors. Please contact justice_analysts@gov.scot for further information.

☐ cannot be made available by Scottish Government for further analysis as Scottish Government is not the data controller.

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