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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.

Part of

Scottish Prison Population Statistics and Projections

Table 9: Receptions to 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	34,082	36,120	39,782	39,076	38,349	38,749	43,502	40,453	38,978	36,528	-6
Remand	14,097	15,673	18,596	18,385	18,538	19,106	22,811	22,136	22,300	20,640	-7
Unruly certificate	17	30	25	22	20	24	29	15	10	5	-50
Sentenced	19,926	20,328	20,956	20,437	19,655	19,490	20,427	18,232	16,561	15,828	-4
Young offenders	3,651	3,585	3,299	2,877	2,674	2,934	2,982	2,759	2,449	2,325	-5
Direct sentenced	2,492	2,391	2,225	2,002	1,948	2,163	2,285	2,356	2,264	2,145	-5
Fine defaulters	1,159	1,194	1,074	875	726	771	697	403	185	180	-3
Adults	16,106	16,557	17,437	17,297	16,709	16,209	16,977	15,061	13,691	13,064	-5
Direct sentenced	9,103	9,785	10,603	10,520	10,628	10,759	11,705	11,848	12,370	11,911	-4
Fine defaulters	7,003	6,772	6,834	6,777	6,081	5,450	5,272	3,213	1,321	1,153	-13
Recalls from supervision/licence	169	186	220	263	272	347	468	412	421	439	4
Sentenced by court martial	2	2	3	1	6	-	-	2	1	-	n/a
Civil prisoners	10	8	11	12	6	4	4	11	4	12	200
Legalised police cells	30	79	191	219	124	125	231	57	102	43	-58
Men	31,799	33,472	36,673	35,856	35,204	35,695	40,085	37,062	35,595	33,552	-6
Remand	13,047	14,330	16,881	16,601	16,786	17,375	20,809	19,966	20,054	18,795	-6
Unruly certificate	17	28	24	21	19	24	26	14	10	5	-50
Sentenced	18,695	19,032	19,568	19,020	18,269	18,173	19,039	17,016	15,428	14,703	-5
Young offenders	3,446	3,391	3,126	2,704	2,520	2,819	2,808	2,628	2,321	2,194	-5
Direct sentenced	2,360	2,257	2,102	1,883	1,827	2,075	2,155	2,243	2,145	2,020	-6
Fine defaulters	1,086	1,134	1,024	821	693	744	653	385	176	174	-1
Adults	15,084	15,455	16,223	16,057	15,481	15,012	15,775	13,986	12,696	12,083	-5
Direct sentenced	8,669	9,230	10,013	9,861	9,898	10,015	10,902	11,019	11,464	11,014	-4
Fine defaulters	6,415	6,225	6,210	6,196	5,583	4,997	4,873	2,967	1,232	1,069	-13
Recalls from supervision/licence	165	186	219	259	268	342	456	402	411	426	4
Sentenced by court martial	2	2	3	1	6	-	-	2	1	-	n/a
Civil prisoners	10	8	11	12	6	4	3	10	3	11	267
Legalised police cells	28	72	186	201	118	119	208	54	99	38	-62
Women	2,283	2,648	3,109	3,220	3,145	3,054	3,417	3,391	3,383	2,976	*-12*
Remand	1,050	1,343	1,715	1,784	1,752	1,731	2,002	2,170	2,246	1,845	-18
Unruly certificate	-	2	1	1	1	-	3	1	-	-	-
Sentenced	1,231	1,296	1,388	1,417	1,386	1,317	1,388	1,216	1,133	1,125	-1
Young offenders	205	194	173	173	154	115	174	131	128	131	2
Direct sentenced	132	134	123	119	121	88	130	113	119	125	5
Fine defaulters	73	60	50	54	33	27	44	18	9	6	-33
Adults	1,022	1,102	1,214	1,240	1,228	1,197	1,202	1,075	995	981	-1
Direct sentenced	434	555	590	659	730	744	803	829	906	897	-1
Fine defaulters	588	547	624	581	498	453	399	246	89	84	-6
Recalls from supervision/licence	4	-	1	4	4	5	12	10	10	13	30
Sentenced by court martial	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Civil prisoners	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-
Legalised police cells	2	7	5	18	6	6	23	3	3	5	67

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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