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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.

Scottish Prison Population Statistics and Projections

Table 14: Direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by length of sentence, age and sex: 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	11,595	12,176	12,828	12,522	12,576	12,922	13,990	14,204	14,634	14,056	-4
Less than 30 days	307	350	365	331	359	383	465	487	533	534	*
30-59 days	840	923	984	950	817	910	1,136	1,020	897	704	-22
60-89 days	1,021	1,087	1,200	1,149	1,539	1,976	2,264	2,112	1,682	1,517	-10
90 days/3 months	2,381	2,360	2,392	2,276	2,182	1,902	1,777	1,583	1,178	840	-29
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	2,269	2,454	2,549	2,496	2,841	2,817	2,982	2,976	2,977	2,756	-7
6 months - less than 2 years	3,331	3,537	3,745	3,633	3,364	3,461	3,811	4,305	5,549	5,791	4
2 years - less than 4 years	741	678	777	862	798	872	963	1,065	1,168	1,292	11
4 years & over (excluding life)	609	695	743	726	585	530	517	581	560	529	-6
Life/Section 205	96	92	73	99	91	71	75	75	90	93	3
Average sentence imposed (days)	317	315	326	336	305	295	291	313	324	343	6
Young offenders	2,492	2,391	2,225	2,002	1,948	2,163	2,285	2,356	2,264	2,145	-5
Less than 30 days	67	65	77	58	60	58	58	76	70	51	-27
30-59 days	164	146	147	142	101	111	137	154	126	87	-31
60-89 days	201	216	188	158	200	321	300	287	223	191	-14
90 days/3 months	561	525	405	381	322	315	283	240	193	135	-30
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	478	487	410	353	412	409	482	466	414	396	-4
6 months - less than 2 years	804	754	768	691	653	706	809	862	976	995	2
2 years - less than 4 years	121	122	135	121	136	154	151	175	187	226	21
4 years & over (excluding life)	83	74	82	86	55	74	54	82	60	52	-13
Life/Section 205	13	2	13	12	9	15	11	14	15	12	-20
Average sentence imposed (days)	263	259	290	303	286	301	283	316	314	348	11
Adults	9,103	9,785	10,603	10,520	10,628	10,759	11,705	11,848	12,370	11,911	-4
Less than 30 days	240	285	288	273	299	325	407	411	463	483	4
30-59 days	676	777	837	808	716	799	999	866	771	617	-20
60-89 days	820	871	1,012	991	1,339	1,655	1,964	1,825	1,459	1,326	-9
90 days/3 months	1,820	1,835	1,987	1,895	1,860	1,587	1,494	1,343	985	705	-28
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	1,791	1,967	2,139	2,143	2,429	2,408	2,500	2,510	2,563	2,360	-8
6 months - less than 2 years	2,527	2,783	2,977	2,942	2,711	2,755	3,002	3,443	4,573	4,796	5
2 years - less than 4 years	620	556	642	741	662	718	812	890	981	1,066	9
4 years & over (excluding life)	526	621	661	640	530	456	463	499	500	477	-5
Life/Section 205	83	90	60	87	82	56	64	61	75	81	8
Average sentence imposed (days)	332	329	333	342	309	293	293	312	326	342	5
Men	11,029	11,487	12,115	11,744	11,725	12,090	13,057	13,262	13,609	13,034	-4
Less than 30 days	295	317	343	307	339	348	419	441	489	484	-1
30-59 days	786	864	930	882	745	834	1,040	940	808	634	-22
60-89 days	957	1,013	1,125	1,064	1,426	1,847	2,118	1,972	1,561	1,398	-10
90 days/3 months	2,248	2,215	2,251	2,125	2,034	1,763	1,659	1,494	1,099	779	-29
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	2,151	2,318	2,394	2,345	2,648	2,680	2,796	2,800	2,767	2,539	-8
6 months - less than 2 years	3,192	3,351	3,547	3,406	3,118	3,215	3,540	3,984	5,157	5,397	5
2 years - less than 4 years	714	642	736	818	756	821	911	996	1,099	1,208	10
4 years & over (excluding life)	595	675	720	703	569	515	500	560	543	506	-7
Life/Section 205	91	92	69	94	90	67	74	75	86	89	3
Average sentence imposed (days)	321	319	330	341	311	299	295	316	328	347	6
Women	566	689	713	778	851	832	933	942	1,025	1,022	*
Less than 30 days	12	33	22	24	20	35	46	46	44	50	14
30-59 days	54	59	54	68	72	76	96	80	89	70	-21
60-89 days	64	74	75	85	113	129	146	140	121	119	-2
90 days/3 months	133	145	141	151	148	139	118	89	79	61	-23
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	118	136	155	151	193	137	186	176	210	217	3
6 months - less than 2 years	139	186	198	227	246	246	271	321	392	394	1
2 years - less than 4 years	27	36	41	44	42	51	52	69	69	84	22
4 years & over (excluding life)	14	20	23	23	16	15	17	21	17	23	35
Life/Section 205	5		4	5	1	4	1		4	4	-
Average sentence imposed (days)	231	242	257	263	227	238	237	275	271	292	8

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. Average sentence imposed excludes life and Section 205 sentences.

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