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Statistical Bulletin: CrJ/2006/5: Prison Statistics Scotland, 2005/06

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Table 2 Average daily population and maximum number in penal establishments by establishment, 2005/06

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

220

3

222

246

12

246

Barlinnie

1,363

-

1,363

1,472

-

1,472

Castle Huntly

205

-

205

274

-

274

Cornton Vale

-

262

262

-

314

314

Dumfries

181

7

188

200

11

203

Edinburgh

745

-

745

832

-

832

Glenochil

402

-

402

445

-

445

Greenock

290

22

312

343

71

359

Inverness

138

5

143

158

10

165

Kilmarnock

592

-

592

604

-

604

Low Moss

299

-

299

319

-

319

Noranside

137

-

137

147

-

147

Perth

486

-

486

615

-

615

Peterhead

302

-

302

307

-

307

Shotts

512

-

512

520

-

520

Young Offenders Institutions :

Cornton Vale

-

36

36

-

46

46

Polmont

649

-

649

701

-

701

Legalised Police Cells (2)

*

*

*

Total (1)

6,523

334

6,857

6,747

368

7,100

(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 2005/06. However, the maximum number of prisoners held within the Scottish Prison Service estate, on a particular day in 2005/06, was 7,100. This maximum occurred on 8th December 2005. The maximum number of male prisoners was 6,747 on 8th December 2005, and the maximum number of female prisoners was 368 on 29th November 2005.

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