| MEASURE |
TARGET |
RESULT |
INSPECTORATE COMMENTS |
| The number of prisoners
unlawfully at large. |
(a) No ‘A’ Category
prisoner should escape. |
NONE |
|
|
(b) The number of escapes by
‘B’ Category prisoners should not exceed 2 per 1,000 prisoners -ie no more than
12. |
6 |
|
|
(c) The number of escapes by 'C'
Category prisoners should be no higher than 2.5 per 1,000 prisoners - ie no more than 15.
|
2 |
|
| The number of serious assaults on
staff and prisoners. |
(a) The number of serious
assaults on staff should not exceed 3 per 1,000 - ie no more than 14. |
14 |
Any serious assault on staff is
unacceptable. |
|
(b) The number of serious
assaults on prisoners by prisoners should not exceed 10 per 1,000 prisoners - ie no more
than 60. |
127 |
These figures are of great
concern. |
| Opportunities for prisoner self
development. |
To ensure that 400 prisoners have
completed a cognitive skills programme and 100 prisoners have completed a sex offender
programme during 1996-97. |
381and 67 respectively |
|
|
|
|
|
| Average cost per prisoner place.
|
To keep costs within £27,392 per
place available for use. |
£26,744 |
|
| Levels of staff sickness. |
To reduce the average number of
days lost per person per year through staff sickness to 16. |
16 |
We believe a figure of 14 days
might be attainable in future. |
| NB. We were greatly
disappointed to note that performance measures for unconvicted/remand prisoners had been
dropped from the 1996-97 list. Not only should these individuals be targeted for the best
of conditions, they also represent more than a fifth of the daily population. |
| Costs for all prisons in Scotland included: |
