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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 3: Average daily population of sentenced offenders by length of sentence: 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	4,975	5,184	5,245	5,367	5,552	5,605	5,614	5,814	6,147	6,441	5
Fine default	57	54	56	55	51	47	46	28	11	9	-16
Less than 3 months	75	83	88	68	81	101	124	116	98	89	-9
3 months - less than 6 months	416	440	433	403	451	443	444	426	402	350	-13
6 months - less than 2 years	1,060	1,187	1,175	1,163	1,161	1,214	1,159	1,226	1,568	1,768	13
2 years - less than 4 years	776	780	814	857	884	913	959	1,058	1,099	1,211	10
4 years or over (excluding life)	1,800	1,802	1,837	1,931	1,956	1,840	1,700	1,652	1,641	1,629	-1
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	592	606	601	593	614	652	668	698	728	764	5
Persons recalled from supervision/licence	164	195	234	291	350	396	514	610	599	621	4
Others	35	36	6	7	5	1	*	*	-	-	-
Young offenders	616	611	579	551	558	624	644	685	686	719	5
Fine default	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	2	1	1	-
Less than 3 months	12	13	13	9	9	14	13	13	11	8	-21
3 months - less than 6 months	79	77	63	51	55	57	58	59	50	45	-10
6 months - less than 2 years	246	243	231	216	212	241	241	243	267	307	15
2 years - less than 4 years	114	112	112	111	118	142	136	175	165	182	11
4 years or over (excluding life)	125	125	131	132	130	127	143	136	134	126	-6
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	27	24	19	19	19	26	30	31	30	22	-29
Persons recalled from supervision/licence	4	6	3	7	8	11	19	25	28	28	-2
Others	1	3	*	1	1	*	-	-	-	-	-
Adults	4,359	4,573	4,665	4,816	4,994	4,982	4,970	5,129	5,461	5,723	5
Fine default	50	47	49	49	46	43	41	26	10	8	-15
Less than 3 months	63	70	76	59	71	87	111	102	87	81	-8
3 months - less than 6 months	337	363	370	353	395	386	386	367	352	305	-13
6 months - less than 2 years	813	944	944	947	949	972	918	983	1,301	1,461	12
2 years - less than 4 years	662	669	702	746	766	771	823	883	935	1,029	10
4 years or over (excluding life)	1,675	1,677	1,707	1,798	1,826	1,712	1,557	1,516	1,507	1,503	*
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	565	582	582	574	595	625	639	666	698	742	6
Persons recalled from supervision/licence	159	189	231	284	342	384	495	585	571	594	4
Others	34	33	5	6	4	1	*	*	-	-	-
Men	4,815	4,989	5,045	5,142	5,305	5,355	5,362	5,559	5,869	6,122	4
Fine default	53	50	51	50	47	43	43	26	10	8	-18
Less than 3 months	69	78	83	62	75	94	116	108	91	83	-9
3 months - less than 6 months	394	416	407	378	421	415	419	402	375	323	-14
6 months - less than 2 years	1,007	1,119	1,118	1,084	1,075	1,120	1,070	1,133	1,465	1,645	12
2 years - less than 4 years	749	740	766	817	831	862	904	1,002	1,035	1,128	9
4 years or over (excluding life)	1,766	1,763	1,792	1,877	1,904	1,790	1,650	1,605	1,593	1,580	-1
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	581	596	588	576	598	635	651	680	709	740	4
Persons recalled from supervision/licence	163	193	233	289	348	394	510	603	592	615	4
Others	33	34	5	7	5	1	*	*	-	-	-
Women	160	195	200	226	247	250	252	254	278	319	15
Fine default	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	-
Less than 3 months	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	-11
3 months - less than 6 months	23	24	26	25	30	27	25	24	28	26	-4
6 months - less than 2 years	53	68	57	79	86	94	90	92	103	123	19
2 years - less than 4 years	27	40	48	41	52	51	55	56	64	83	28
4 years or over (excluding life)	34	38	46	54	52	49	49	47	48	49	2
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	11	11	13	17	16	17	18	18	19	24	24
Persons recalled from supervision/licence	1	1	1	2	1	2	4	7	7	6	-14
Others	2	3	1	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-

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