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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dismissed and a further 5 cases rescinded in 2004/05.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 |
|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
|---|
Population |
|---|
Average daily number of prisoners and young
offenders | 5,804 | 288 | 643 | 44 | 6,447 | 332 |
|---|
Breaches of discipline committed by
type |
|---|
Assault | 468 | 51 | 263 | 21 | 731 | 72 |
|---|
Detention of a person against his will | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
|---|
Denying an officer access to any part of the
prison | 10 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
|---|
Fighting | 780 | 109 | 518 | 19 | 1,298 | 128 |
|---|
Intentionally endangering the health or
personal safety of others | 304 | 22 | 225 | 16 | 529 | 38 |
|---|
Intentionally obstructing an officer in the
execution of his duty | 137 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 163 | 13 |
|---|
Escaping or absconding from custody | 7 | - | 4 | - | 11 | - |
|---|
Failure to return from temporary release or
to comply with a condition of such release | 90 | 17 | 7 | - | 97 | 17 |
|---|
Possession of an unauthorised article or
quantity of an article | 1,709 | 132 | 500 | 29 | 2,209 | 161 |
|---|
Sale or delivery of an unauthorised
article | 25 | 3 | 12 | - | 37 | 3 |
|---|
Sale or delivery of an article allowed only
for prisoners own use | 14 | 3 | 9 | - | 23 | 3 |
|---|
Taking (improperly) any article | 58 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 80 | 28 |
|---|
Arson | 32 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 59 | 6 |
|---|
Destroys or damages property | 530 | 36 | 238 | 9 | 768 | 45 |
|---|
Unauthorised absence from or presence in any
part of the establishment | 336 | 42 | 58 | 34 | 394 | 76 |
|---|
Is disrespectful to any officer, worker or
visitor | 120 | 20 | 34 | 14 | 154 | 34 |
|---|
Using threatening,abusive,insulting,indecent
or obscene words or behaviour | 914 | 102 | 258 | 82 | 1,172 | 184 |
|---|
Intentionally refusing to work or failing to
work properly | 483 | 52 | 158 | 27 | 641 | 79 |
|---|
Disobeying a lawful order | 6,134 | 382 | 544 | 83 | 6,678 | 465 |
|---|
Disobeying a rule or regulation | 424 | 57 | 41 | 20 | 465 | 77 |
|---|
Inhaling a prohibited or unauthorised
substance | 13 | 6 | 5 | - | 18 | 6 |
|---|
Consuming, taking, injecting, ingesting or
concealing a prohibited substance | 196 | 80 | 8 | 13 | 204 | 93 |
|---|
Committing an indecent or obscene act | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 8 |
|---|
Administering, or allowing to be
administered, a controlled drug to himself | 2,347 | 122 | 286 | 19 | 2,633 | 141 |
|---|
Failing without reasonable excuse to open
mouth for a visual examination | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | 16 | 3 |
|---|
Attempting, or inciting or assisting to
commit or to attempt to commit, any of the
above | 83 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 103 | 10 |
|---|
Offence unrecorded | 63 | 5 | 2 | - | 65 | 5 |
|---|
Breaches of discipline committed by
type : TOTAL | 15,306 | 1,294 | 3,275 | 402 | 18,581 | 1,696 |
|---|
Punishments awarded |
|---|
a. Caution | 1,955 | 159 | 169 | 39 | 2,124 | 198 |
|---|
b. Forfeiture of privileges | 7,571 | 516 | 3,541 | 247 | 11,112 | 763 |
|---|
c. Stoppage/deduction from earnings or other
cash | 9,217 | 624 | 3,150 | 273 | 12,367 | 897 |
|---|
d. Cellular confinement | 1,502 | 124 | 290 | 46 | 1,792 | 170 |
|---|
e. Forfeiture of other entitlements, e.g. to
wear own clothes | 396 | 27 | 110 | 13 | 506 | 40 |
|---|
Punishments awarded :
TOTAL | 20,641 | 1,450 | 7,260 | 618 | 27,901 | 2,068 |
|---|
Breaches of discipline committed per head of
average population | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
|---|
(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.
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