Scottish Government

Statistical Bulletin
Criminal Justice Series CrJ/2002/6
PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

September 2002

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

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Contents

1. Introduction
3. Key points
4. The prison population in 2001
Total numbers
Population by establishment
Remand numbers
Sentenced young offenders
Sentenced adults
Population as at 30 June 2001
5. Total receptions to penal establishments
Receptions : type of custody
type of custody and sex
type of custody and court
relationship between sentenced reception and existing custodial sentence
6. Remand prisoners
7. Children on unruly certificates
8. Young offenders under sentence
Direct sentenced receptions: sex and age
main crime/offence
sentence length
average sentence length imposed by main crime/offence
9. Adult prisoners under sentence
Direct sentenced receptions: sex and age
main crime/offence
sentence length
average sentence length imposed by main crime/offence
10. Fine defaulters
Fine default receptions: sex and age
main crime/offence
sentence length: young offenders
fine outstanding: young offenders
sentence length: adults
fine outstanding: adults
11. Breaches of discipline and punishments awarded
12. International comparisons of prison population
13. Appendix of tables
14. Annex: Notes on statistics used in the bulletin
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