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

Number

Length of sentence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Total	2,994	2,721	2,678	2,427	2,303	2,185	2,085	1,833	1,787	2,082
Less than 30 days	85	88	84	65	56	42	69	45	46	55
30-59 days	148	177	182	148	97	92	103	83	80	116
60-89 days	317	348	311	293	234	225	203	164	228	366
90 days/3 months	737	613	618	520	513	483	377	349	390	413
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	525	458	475	449	396	400	330	293	377	401
6 months - less than 2 years	933	817	818	757	800	751	775	679	478	493
2 years - less than 4 years	154	129	113	107	115	117	133	120	124	150
4 years & over (excluding life)	74	82	63	81	79	73	85	89	54	73
Life/Section 205	21	9	14	7	13	2	10	11	10	15
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	246	244	228	255	268	270	304	327	272	277

See footnotes to Table 22

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