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	9,718	9,221	9,385	8,759	8,513	8,934	9,990	9,607	9,585	10,002
Less than 30 days	386	262	295	253	227	239	261	226	257	297
30-59 days	655	613	694	539	445	479	591	477	514	767
60-89 days	1,146	1,160	1,195	998	893	924	1,141	1,027	1,344	1,703
90 days/3 months	1,984	1,966	1,946	1,768	1,699	1,687	1,869	1,748	1,906	1,672
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	2,336
6 months - less than 2 years	2,698	2,533	2,415	2,436	2,514	2,707	2,939	2,833	2,058	2,079
2 years - less than 4 years	531	507	502	571	599	524	619	702	600	657
4 years & over (excluding life)	478	490	494	492	491	587	641	609	512	439
Life/Section 205	39	28	44	44	55	61	59	91	81	52
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	297	306	293	318	335	336	340	353	308	283

See footnotes to Table 26

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