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Table 2 Average daily population and maximum number in penal establishments by establishment, 2006/07

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

228

-

228

263

-

263

Barlinnie

1,480

-

1,480

1,598

-

1,598

Castle Huntly

278

-

278

296

-

296

Cornton Vale

-

300

300

-

335

335

Dumfries

200

-

200

219

-

219

Edinburgh

782

-

782

829

-

829

Glenochil

436

-

436

444

-

444

Greenock

310

-

310

344

-

344

Inverness

140

6

147

169

11

175

Kilmarnock

599

-

599

631

-

631

Low Moss

299

-

299

324

-

324

Noranside

161

-

161

172

-

172

Perth

348

-

348

378

-

378

Peterhead

302

-

302

306

-

306

Shotts

515

-

515

534

-

534

Young Offenders Institutions :

Cornton Vale

-

46

46

-

56

56

Perth

139

-

139

163

-

163

Polmont

611

-

611

689

-

689

Legalised Police Cells (2)

*

*

*

TOTAL (1)

6,830

353

7,183

7,049

389

7,392

(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 2006/07. However, the maximum number of prisoners held within the Scottish Prison Service estate, on a particular day in 2006/07, was 7,392. This maximum occurred on 15th March 2007. The maximum number of male prisoners was 7,049 on 1st March 2007, and the maximum number of female prisoners was 389 on 5th, 10th and 11th July 2006.

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