Statistics Bulletin CrJ/2005/8 PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2004/05

Table 21
Adult direct sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾ to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Length of sentence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total	10,256	9,697	9,887	9,217	8,943	9,470	10,571	10,255	10,299
Less than 30 days	421	293	321	262	237	260	273	245	271
30-59 days	707	659	751	587	474	519	629	512	571
60-89 days	1,232	1,231	1,270	1,064	955	991	1,212	1,119	1,454
90 days/3 months	2,106	2,068	2,049	1,866	1,807	1,807	1,984	1,874	2,056
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	1,888	1,759	1,883	1,722	1,664	1,817	1,991	2,007	2,487
6 months - less than 2 years	2,829	2,634	2,539	2,570	2,626	2,855	3,101	3,036	2,214
2 years - less than 4 years	551	526	518	595	621	552	657	739	638
4 years & over (excluding life)	483	499	511	504	501	608	663	629	526
Life/Section 205	39	28	45	47	58	61	61	94	82
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	290	300	289	314	330	332	337	348	301

(1) See Notes 6 and 7 of Annex.
(2) Excluding life & Section 205 sentences.

Table 21A
Adult direct sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾ of males to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Length of sentence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total	9,718	9,221	9,385	8,759	8,513	8,934	9,990	9,607	9,585
Less than 30 days	386	262	295	253	227	239	261	226	257
30-59 days	655	613	694	539	445	479	591	477	514
60-89 days	1,146	1,160	1,195	998	893	924	1,141	1,027	1,344
90 days/3 months	1,984	1,966	1,946	1,768	1,699	1,687	1,869	1,748	1,906
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	1,801	1,662	1,800	1,658	1,590	1,726	1,870	1,894	2,313
6 months - less than 2 years	2,698	2,533	2,415	2,436	2,514	2,707	2,939	2,833	2,058
2 years - less than 4 years	531	507	502	571	599	524	619	702	600
4 years & over (excluding life)	478	490	494	492	491	587	641	609	512
Life/Section 205	39	28	44	44	55	61	59	91	81
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	297	306	293	318	335	336	340	353	308

See footnotes to Table 21

Table 21B
Adult direct sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾ of females to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Length of sentence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total	538	476	502	458	430	536	581	648	714
Less than 30 days	35	31	26	9	10	21	12	19	14
30-59 days	52	46	57	48	29	40	38	35	57
60-89 days	86	71	75	66	62	67	71	92	110
90 days/3 months	122	102	103	98	108	120	115	126	150
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	87	97	83	64	74	91	121	113	174
6 months - less than 2 years	131	101	124	134	112	148	162	203	156
2 years - less than 4 years	20	19	16	24	22	28	38	37	38
4 years & over (excluding life)	5	9	17	12	10	21	22	20	14
Life/Section 205	-	-	1	3	3	-	2	3	1
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	172	191	209	233	227	258	276	269	212

See footnotes to Table 21

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