Table 30
Breaches of discipline committed and punishments awarded in penal establishments, by gender 2004/05 (1)(2)
This table details the number and type of breaches of discipline and punishments awarded in Scottish penal establishments during 2004/05.
The breaches and punishments listed below are based solely on the categories set out in 'The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994' as amended, although some of the categories have been aggregated. Other disciplinary actions taken were:- mandatory drug testing where a re-test was required (155), prisoner warned (7) and remanded for police (168). Additionally 1,344 cases were dismissed and a further 5 cases rescinded in 2004/05.
| Prisons | Young Offenders Institutions | All Establishments |
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Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
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Population |
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Average daily number of prisoners and young offenders | 5,804 | 288 | 643 | 44 | 6,447 | 332 |
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Breaches of discipline committed by type |
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Assault | 468 | 51 | 263 | 21 | 731 | 72 |
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Detention of a person against his will | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
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Denying an officer access to any part of the prison | 10 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
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Fighting | 780 | 109 | 518 | 19 | 1,298 | 128 |
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Intentionally endangering the health or personal safety of others | 304 | 22 | 225 | 16 | 529 | 38 |
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Intentionally obstructing an officer in the execution of his duty | 137 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 163 | 13 |
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Escaping or absconding from custody | 7 | - | 4 | - | 11 | - |
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Failure to return from temporary release or to comply with a condition of such release | 90 | 17 | 7 | - | 97 | 17 |
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Possession of an unauthorised article or quantity of an article | 1,709 | 132 | 500 | 29 | 2,209 | 161 |
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Sale or delivery of an unauthorised article | 25 | 3 | 12 | - | 37 | 3 |
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Sale or delivery of an article allowed only for prisoners own use | 14 | 3 | 9 | - | 23 | 3 |
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Taking (improperly) any article | 58 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 80 | 28 |
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Arson | 32 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 59 | 6 |
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Destroys or damages property | 530 | 36 | 238 | 9 | 768 | 45 |
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Unauthorised absence from or presence in any part of the establishment | 336 | 42 | 58 | 34 | 394 | 76 |
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Is disrespectful to any officer, worker or visitor | 120 | 20 | 34 | 14 | 154 | 34 |
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Using threatening,abusive,insulting,indecent or obscene words or behaviour | 914 | 102 | 258 | 82 | 1,172 | 184 |
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Intentionally refusing to work or failing to work properly | 483 | 52 | 158 | 27 | 641 | 79 |
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Disobeying a lawful order | 6,134 | 382 | 544 | 83 | 6,678 | 465 |
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Disobeying a rule or regulation | 424 | 57 | 41 | 20 | 465 | 77 |
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Inhaling a prohibited or unauthorised substance | 13 | 6 | 5 | - | 18 | 6 |
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Consuming, taking, injecting, ingesting or concealing a prohibited substance | 196 | 80 | 8 | 13 | 204 | 93 |
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Committing an indecent or obscene act | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 8 |
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Administering, or allowing to be administered, a controlled drug to himself | 2,347 | 122 | 286 | 19 | 2,633 | 141 |
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Failing without reasonable excuse to open mouth for a visual examination | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | 16 | 3 |
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Attempting, or inciting or assisting to commit or to attempt to commit, any of the above | 83 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 103 | 10 |
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Offence unrecorded | 63 | 5 | 2 | - | 65 | 5 |
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Breaches of discipline committed by type : TOTAL | 15,306 | 1,294 | 3,275 | 402 | 18,581 | 1,696 |
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Punishments awarded |
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a. Caution | 1,955 | 159 | 169 | 39 | 2,124 | 198 |
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b. Forfeiture of privileges | 7,571 | 516 | 3,541 | 247 | 11,112 | 763 |
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c. Stoppage/deduction from earnings or other cash | 9,217 | 624 | 3,150 | 273 | 12,367 | 897 |
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d. Cellular confinement | 1,502 | 124 | 290 | 46 | 1,792 | 170 |
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e. Forfeiture of other entitlements, e.g. to wear own clothes | 396 | 27 | 110 | 13 | 506 | 40 |
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Punishments awarded : TOTAL | 20,641 | 1,450 | 7,260 | 618 | 27,901 | 2,068 |
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Breaches of discipline committed per head of average population | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
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(1) Components do not add to total due to rounding.
(2) It is possible for more than one punishment to be awarded for one breach of discipline; conversely one punishment may be given for several breaches of discipline.