Prison Statistics Scotland, 2003

Adult direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1994-2003

Table 25

Number
Length of sentence	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	9,349	8,730	10,040	9,698	9,959	9,484	8,713	9,617	10,408	10,135
Less than 30 days	248	269	394	306	324	274	250	247	304	220
30 days/1 month	484	559	580	614	642	518	417	448	553	474
31-59 days	65	61	72	81	143	98	61	68	70	56
60 days/2 months	1,088	1,002	1,104	1,187	1,195	1,121	890	972	1,111	1,105
61-89 days	19	34	44	60	63	52	34	51	35	35
90 days/3 months	2,203	1,966	2,127	2,025	2,120	1,898	1,777	1,870	1,962	1,868
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	1,546	1,479	1,846	1,751	1,858	1,753	1,647	1,824	1,980	1,944
6 months - less than 2 years	2,859	2,475	2,778	2,633	2,562	2,618	2,502	2,901	3,059	3,012
2 years - less than 4 years	444	448	559	504	510	595	579	593	618	697
4 years & over (excluding life)	368	412	497	500	503	511	502	586	645	637
Life	25	25	39	37	39	46	54	57	71	87
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	268	277	295	300	289	308	327	332	330	349

(1) See Notes 4 to 5 of Annex.
(2) Excluding life sentences.

Adult direct sentenced receptions of males to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1994-2003

Table 25A

Number
Length of sentence	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	8,709	8,217	9,486	9,246	9,465	8,986	8,300	9,086	9,852	9,529
Less than 30 days	220	244	358	276	303	257	240	231	289	203
30 days/1 month	447	502	532	579	594	479	390	419	523	449
31-59 days	58	53	66	71	129	87	54	61	65	55
60 days/2 months	982	909	1,027	1,120	1,122	1,051	832	908	1,035	1,027
61-89 days	17	29	44	58	61	48	32	49	35	33
90 days/3 months	2,036	1,864	2,000	1,925	2,016	1,796	1,677	1,739	1,863	1,740
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	1,436	1,399	1,755	1,661	1,782	1,676	1,576	1,735	1,865	1,836
6 months - less than 2 years	2,696	2,355	2,640	2,542	2,439	2,475	2,400	2,759	2,894	2,829
2 years - less than 4 years	431	432	535	486	492	574	560	560	591	654
4 years & over (excluding life)	363	405	490	491	489	499	489	568	622	619
Life	23	25	39	37	38	44	50	57	70	84
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	277	284	302	305	293	313	331	337	334	354

See footnotes to Table 25

Adult direct sentenced receptions of females to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1994-2003

Table 25B

Number
Length of sentence	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	640	513	554	452	494	498	413	531	556	606
Less than 30 days	28	25	36	30	21	17	10	16	15	17
30 days/1 month	37	57	48	35	48	39	27	29	30	25
31-59 days	7	8	6	10	14	11	7	7	5	1
60 days/2 months	106	93	77	67	73	70	58	64	76	78
61-89 days	2	5	-	2	2	4	2	2	-	2
90 days/3 months	167	102	127	100	104	102	100	131	99	128
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	110	80	91	90	76	77	71	89	115	108
6 months - less than 2 years	163	120	138	91	123	143	102	142	165	183
2 years - less than 4 years	13	16	24	18	18	21	19	33	27	43
4 years & over (excluding life)	5	7	7	9	14	12	13	18	23	18
Life	2	-	-	-	1	2	4	-	1	3
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	151	165	186	191	207	214	234	257	267	284

See footnotes to Table 25

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