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.