Statistical Bulletin: Crime and Justice Series: Prison Statistics Scotland: 2008-09

Table 14 Direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by length of sentence, age and sex: 1999-00 to 2008-09

	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Total	11,799	11,379	11,782	12,778	12,204	12,207	12,916	13,970	14,205	14,650
Less than 30 days	335	296	312	349	293	321	386	464	490	530
30-59 days	744	579	615	739	607	660	968	1,131	1,020	900
60-89 days	1,377	1,203	1,230	1,429	1,290	1,702	2,214	2,260	2,114	1,682
90 days/3 months	2,419	2,344	2,316	2,383	2,248	2,462	2,253	1,772	1,581	1,179
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	2,196	2,093	2,248	2,348	2,317	2,898	2,885	2,976	2,986	2,983
6 months - less than 2 years	3,380	3,468	3,642	3,913	3,757	2,725	2,756	3,794	4,291	5,558
2 years - less than 4 years	704	741	675	794	864	765	857	969	1,067	1,166
4 years & over (excluding life)	588	584	681	749	721	582	526	527	581	562
Life/Section 205	56	71	63	74	107	92	71	77	75	90
Average sentence imposed (days)	300	317	319	330	344	296	278	293	313	324
Young offenders	2,582	2,436	2,312	2,207	1,949	1,908	2,170	2,286	2,359	2,269
Less than 30 days	73	59	52	76	48	50	57	58	76	69
30-59 days	157	105	96	110	95	89	125	133	154	127
60-89 days	313	248	239	217	171	248	384	298	287	224
90 days/3 months	553	537	509	399	374	406	427	281	238	193
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	474	429	431	357	310	411	417	482	472	416
6 months - less than 2 years	810	842	787	812	721	511	515	805	861	978
2 years - less than 4 years	109	120	123	137	125	127	154	155	176	184
4 years & over (excluding life)	84	83	73	86	92	56	76	61	81	63
Life/Section 205	9	13	2	13	13	10	15	13	14	15
Average sentence imposed (days)	252	267	265	297	322	267	276	291	315	315
Adults	9,217	8,943	9,470	10,571	10,255	10,299	10,746	11,684	11,846	12,381
Less than 30 days	262	237	260	273	245	271	329	406	414	461
30-59 days	587	474	519	629	512	571	843	998	866	773
60-89 days	1,064	955	991	1,212	1,119	1,454	1,830	1,962	1,827	1,458
90 days/3 months	1,866	1,807	1,807	1,984	1,874	2,056	1,826	1,491	1,343	986
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	1,722	1,664	1,817	1,991	2,007	2,487	2,468	2,494	2,514	2,567
6 months - less than 2 years	2,570	2,626	2,855	3,101	3,036	2,214	2,241	2,989	3,430	4,580
2 years - less than 4 years	595	621	552	657	739	638	703	814	891	982
4 years & over (excluding life)	504	501	608	663	629	526	450	466	500	499
Life/Section 205	47	58	61	61	94	82	56	64	61	75
Average sentence imposed (days)	314	330	332	337	348	301	279	294	312	326
Men	11,186	10,816	11,119	12,075	11,440	11,372	12,084	13,040	13,263	13,625
Less than 30 days	318	283	281	330	271	303	352	419	443	486
30-59 days	687	542	571	694	560	594	883	1,035	941	811
60-89 days	1,291	1,127	1,149	1,344	1,191	1,572	2,069	2,113	1,974	1,561
90 days/3 months	2,288	2,212	2,170	2,246	2,097	2,296	2,085	1,655	1,492	1,100
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	2,107	1,986	2,126	2,200	2,187	2,690	2,737	2,790	2,806	2,775
6 months - less than 2 years	3,193	3,314	3,458	3,714	3,512	2,536	2,572	3,524	3,974	5,164
2 years - less than 4 years	678	714	641	752	822	724	807	918	998	1,097
4 years & over (excluding life)	573	570	660	726	698	566	512	510	560	545
Life/Section 205	51	68	63	69	102	91	67	76	75	86
Average sentence imposed (days)	304	321	323	334	349	302	282	297	316	328
Women	613	563	663	703	764	835	832	930	942	1,025
Less than 30 days	17	13	31	19	22	18	34	45	47	44
30-59 days	57	37	44	45	47	66	85	96	79	89
60-89 days	86	76	81	85	99	130	145	147	140	121
90 days/3 months	131	132	146	137	151	166	168	117	89	79
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	89	107	122	148	130	208	148	186	180	208
6 months - less than 2 years	187	154	184	199	245	189	184	270	317	394
2 years - less than 4 years	26	27	34	42	42	41	50	51	69	69
4 years & over (excluding life)	15	14	21	23	23	16	14	17	21	17
Life/Section 205	5	3	-	5	5	1	4	1	-	4
Average sentence imposed (days)	228	236	245	260	266	210	217	235	274	271

Note: Average sentence imposed excludes life and Section 205 sentences.

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Table 14 Direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by length of sentence, age and sex: 1999-00 to 2008-09