Prison Statistics Scotland, 2003

PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND,2003

Average daily population of adult sentenced prisoners by length of sentence, 1994 - 2003

Table 7

Number & Percentage
*% change*
Length of sentence	1994	1995	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	*02-03 ⁽²⁾*
Total ⁽³⁾	3,849	3,906	4,091	4,345	4,362	4,318	4,319	4,526	4,583	4,726	3
Fine default ⁽⁴⁾	n/a	n/a	n/a	83	65	51	52	53	53	54	2
Less than 3 months	230	213	211	85	78	67	64	66	59	58	-2
3 months - less than 6 months	442	447	438	414	407	364	335	359	360	352	-2
6 months - less than 2 years	789	757	871	908	863	845	810	927	929	929	-
2 years - less than 4 years	638	627	630	668	630	646	666	671	689	727	6
4 years or over (excluding life)	1,265	1,356	1,444	1,651	1,741	1,711	1,686	1,652	1,671	1,752	5
Life/Section 205	421	423	432	471	493	517	549	569	577	565	-2
Persons recalled from supervision/license ⁽⁵⁾	37	44	46	45	70	90	127	188	239	283	18
Others	28	38	18	19	16	26	30	43	5	7	40

(1) See Note 3 of Annex
(2) Based on rounded figures
(3) Components may not add to totals due to rounding
(4) For years before 1997, fine defaulters are included with figures for specific sentence lengths (virtualy all would receive sentences of
under 6 months). See Note 8 of Annex
(5) For years before 1997, figures include a small number of prisoners under 21 (less than 1 in each category)

Average daily population of male adult sentenced prisoners by length of sentence, 1994 - 2003

Table 7a

Number & Percentage
*% change*
Length of sentence	1994	1995	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	*02-03 ⁽²⁾*
Total ⁽³⁾	3,731	3,796	3,966	4,226	4,236	4,188	4,191	4,364	4,404	4,533	3
Fine default ⁽⁴⁾	n/a	n/a	n/a	77	59	48	48	49	48	49	2
Less than 3 months	212	194	196	81	73	62	59	61	55	54	-2
3 months - less than 6 months	413	424	413	393	388	346	319	340	340	330	-3
6 months - less than 2 years	752	728	832	872	822	802	776	876	878	870	-1
2 years - less than 4 years	624	610	606	646	608	624	642	639	646	687	6
4 years or over (excluding life)	1,251	1,341	1,426	1,628	1,713	1,681	1,655	1,618	1,627	1,703	5
Life/Section 205	416	417	427	467	488	510	539	557	567	551	-3
Persons recalled from supervision/license ⁽⁵⁾	37	44	46	44	70	90	126	186	239	282	18
Others ⁽⁵⁾	28	38	18	18	16	24	27	39	4	6	50

See footnotes to Table 7

Average daily population of female adult sentenced prisoners by length of sentence, 1994 - 2003

Table 7b

Number & Percentage
*% change*
Length of sentence	1994	1995	1996⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	*02-03 ⁽²⁾*
Total ⁽³⁾	118	109	125	119	126	131	128	162	179	193	8
Fine default ⁽⁴⁾	n/a	n/a	n/a	7	5	3	4	4	4	5	25
Less than 3 months	18	19	14	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	-
3 months - less than 6 months	29	23	24	21	19	18	16	19	20	21	5
6 months - less than 2 years	37	29	40	36	42	43	35	51	51	59	16
2 years - less than 4 years	14	18	24	23	22	22	24	32	43	40	-7
4 years or over (excluding life)	14	15	18	23	28	30	31	34	44	49	11
Life/Section 205	5	6	5	5	5	7	10	12	10	13	30
Persons recalled from supervision/license	-	-	-	1	-	*	*	2	1	1	-
Others	-	-	-	*	1	2	2	4	1	*	*-100*

See footnotes to Table 7

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