SAS Chapter 12: page 21

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 12B7 Average daily population of prisoners by length of sentence, 1987, 1992-1996

Length of sentence		1987	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996¹
Total adult²		3,474	3,552	3,795	3,785	3,823	4,026
	Less than 3 months	450	352	333	226	209	206
	3 months - less than 6 months	524	436	462	434	437	428
	6 months - less than 2 years	649	774	815	775	740	853
	2 years - less than 4 years	448	450	533	627	614	616
	4 years or over (excluding life)	1,047	1,135	1,240	1,293	1,390	1,480
	Life/Section 205	356	405	411	430	433	443

Total young offenders²		987	769	819	720	719	770
	Less than 6 months	384	240	246	209	249	194
	6 months - less than 2 years	205	303	287	223	227	282
	2 years - less than 4 years	123	119	151	160	114	132
	4 years or over (excluding life)	112	85	105	103	98	131
	Life	7	12	17	15	14	17
	Section 205 sentences (indeterminate)	12	7	9	9	14	10
	Section 206 sentences (fixed)	2	4	4	1	2	4
	Detention Centre inmates³	143	-	-	-	-	-

Source: SOHD, CCJ Statistics Unit Branch 2

1 With effect from 1 April 1996 the source of the statistical information provided by the penal establishments changed from manual submission of statistical returns to the new computerised system, the Prisoner Records System.
2 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
3 Detention Centres were abolished in Scotland on 1 November 1988.