Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Prison Statistics Scotland, 2007/08

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Table 2
Average daily population and maximum number in penal establishments by establishment, 2007/08

Establishments

Average daily population of prisoners and young offenders

Maximum number of prisoners or young offenders

Male

Female

Total (1)

Male (3)

Female (3)

Total (3)

Prisons :

Aberdeen

237

-

237

268

-

268

Barlinnie

1,462

-

1,462

1,570

-

1,570

Cornton Vale

-

323

323

-

369

369

Dumfries

202

-

202

219

-

219

Edinburgh

796

-

796

849

-

849

Glenochil

634

-

634

713

-

713

Greenock

315

-

315

349

-

349

Inverness

141

7

148

169

12

175

Kilmarnock

641

-

641

657

-

657

Low Moss (4)

18

-

18

191

-

191

Open Estate (5)

484

-

484

513

-

513

Perth

433

-

433

637

-

637

Peterhead

304

-

304

308

-

308

Shotts

536

-

536

544

-

544

Young Offenders Institutions :

Cornton Vale

-

41

41

-

54

54

Perth

133

-

133

158

-

158

Polmont

670

-

670

701

-

701

Legalised Police Cells (2)

*

-

-

TOTAL (1)

7,005

371

7,376

7,362

412

7,757

(1) Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
(2) See Note 4 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 2007/08. However, the maximum number of prisoners held within the Scottish Prison Service estate, on a particular day in 2007/08, was 7,757. This maximum occurred on 10th and 17th March 2008. The maximum number of male prisoners was 7,362 on 10th March 2008, and the maximum number of female prisoners was 412 on 20th February 2008.
(4) Low Moss closed on 28 May 2007. Therefore its average daily population for 2007/08 is much lower than its maximum population for 2007/08.
(5) Castle huntly and Noranside have been merged for administrative purposes and are now known as the Open Estate

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