Prison Statistics Scotland, 2003

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PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND,2003

Average daily population and maximum number in penal establishments by establishment, 2003

Table 4

Average daily population of prisoners and young offenders

Maximum number of prisoners or young offenders

Establishments

Male

Female

Total (1)

Male (3)

Female (3)

Total (3)

Prisons :

Aberdeen

206

9

215

241

16

251

Barlinnie

1,130

-

1,130

1,247

-

1,247

Castle Huntly

151

-

151

160

-

160

Cornton Vale

-

191

191

-

221

221

Dumfries

163

6

169

177

12

183

Edinburgh

704

-

704

759

-

759

Glenochil

481

-

481

502

-

502

Greenock

257

47

304

305

57

350

Inverness

142

7

150

164

13

172

Kilmarnock

584

-

584

612

-

612

Low Moss

281

-

281

307

-

307

Noranside

131

-

131

136

-

136

Perth

655

-

655

721

-

721

Peterhead (inc. Unit)

314

-

314

329

-

329

Shotts (inc. Special Unit)

440

-

440

522

-

522

Young Offenders Institutions :

Cornton Vale

-

37

37

-

49

49

Dumfries

18

1

19

27

3

29

Glenochil (4)

19

-

19

103

-

103

Polmont

548

-

548

649

-

649

Legalised Police Cells (2)

1

-

1

TOTAL (1)

6,227

297

6,524

6,399

346

6,740

(1) Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
(2) See Note 6 of Annex
(3) The figures in these columns cannot be added to produce a total 'maximum number' since the individual establishment figures.
relate to different days within 2003. However, the maximum number of prisoners held within the Scottish Prison Service estate,
on a particular day in 2002, was 6,740. This maximum occurred on 18th September 2003. The maximum number of male prisoners
was 6,399 on 18th September 2003, and the maximum number of female prisoners was346, on 15th September 2003.
(4) Glenochil Young Offenders Institution closed on 13th April 2003.

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