SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Prison Statistics Scotland, 1998

Breaches of discipline committed and punishments awarded in penal establishments by gender, 1998

Table 34

This table details the number and type of breaches of discipline and punishments awarded in Scottish penal establishments during 1998.
The breaches and punishments listed below are based solely on the categories set out in The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994 as amended, although some of the categories have been aggregated. Other disciplinary actions taken were:- mandatory drug testing where a re-test was required (408), prisoner warned (85) and remanded for police (435). Additionally 1,405 cases were dismissed and a further 61 cases rescinded in 1998.

Number
*Breaches of discipline committed and punishments awarded in establishments, 1998*
	Prisons		Young Offenders Institutions		ALL ESTABLISHMENTS ⁽¹⁾
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Population :
Average daily number of prisoners and young offenders	5,105	159	718	33	5,823	193

Breaches of discipline committed by type :
Assault	473	12	198	7	671	19
Detention of a person against his will	13	-	1	-	14	-
Denying any officer or any person (other than a prisoner) access to any part of the prison	20	-	7	1	27	1
Fighting	627	48	476	14	1,103	62
Intentionally endangering the health or personal safety of others	471	5	253	4	724	9
Intentionally obstructing any officer or any person (other than a prisoner) in the execution of his duty	171	10	61	3	232	13
Escaping or absconding from custody	16	-	3	-	19	-
Failure to return from temporary release or to comply with a condition of such release	142	3	9	-	151	3
Possession of an unauthorised article or quantity of an article	1,557	82	259	20	1,816	102
Sale or delivery of an unauthorised article	34	1	12	1	46	2
Sale or delivery of an article allowed only for prisoner's own use	27	2	42	-	69	2
Taking (improperly) any article	102	8	32	2	134	10
Setting fire to any part of a prison or any other property	92	1	27	2	119	3
Destroying or damaging any part of a prison or any other property	875	20	377	28	1,252	48
Unauthorised absence from or presence in any part of the establishment	356	30	68	20	424	50
Being disrespectful to any officer, worker or visitor	283	21	120	20	403	41
Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour	1,086	67	419	47	1,505	114
Intentionally refusing to work or failing to work properly	1,758	15	213	11	1,971	26
Disobeying a lawful order	4,136	124	368	104	4,504	228
Disobeying a rule or regulation	268	16	477	9	745	25
Inhaling a prohibited or unauthorised substance	53	8	4	-	57	8
Consuming, taking, injecting, ingesting or concealing a prohibited substance	191	12	21	2	212	14
Committing any indecent or obscene act	21	-	12	-	33	-
Administering, or allowing to be administered, a controlled drug to himself	3,269	112	292	17	3,561	129
Failing without reasonable excuse to open mouth for a visual examination	32	1	1	-	33	1
Attempting, or inciting or assisting to commit or to attempt to commit, any of the above	150	4	50	2	200	6

Breaches of discipline committed by type : TOTAL	16,223	602	3,802	314	20,025	916

Punishments awarded ⁽²⁾
Caution	1,570	42	227	28	1,797	70
Forfeiture of privileges	6,616	243	3,249	157	9,865	400
Stoppage or deduction from earnings	7,074	182	2,494	93	9,568	275
Cellular confinement	603	24	602	15	1,205	39
Award of additional days	5,435	168	1,574	96	7,009	264
Forfeiture of remission	97	-	-	-	97	-
Forfeiture of other entitlements, e.g. to wear own clothes	630	37	12	18	642	55

Punishments awarded : TOTAL	22,025	696	8,158	407	30,183	1,103

Breaches of discipline committed per head of average population	3.2	3.8	5.3	9.4	3.4	4.8

(1) Components do not add to total due to rounding.
(2) It is possible for more than one punishment to be awarded for one breach of discipline; conversely one punishment may be given for several breaches of discipline.

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