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Statistics Bulletin CrJ/2005/8 PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2004/05

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Table 2
Average daily population and maximum number in penal establishments by establishment, 2004/05

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

217

9

225

239

18

251

Barlinnie

1,195

-

1,195

1,357

-

1,357

Castle Huntly

155

-

155

162

-

162

Cornton Vale

-

203

203

-

232

232

Dumfries

163

6

169

180

11

185

Edinburgh

701

-

701

779

-

779

Glenochil

485

-

485

502

-

502

Greenock

258

65

323

305

73

371

Inverness

145

5

150

170

11

174

Kilmarnock

583

-

583

602

-

602

Low Moss

298

-

298

326

-

326

Noranside

135

-

135

140

-

140

Perth

655

-

655

719

-

719

Peterhead

298

-

298

305

-

305

Shotts

515

-

515

524

-

524

Young Offenders Institutions :

Cornton Vale

-

43

43

-

52

52

Dumfries

11

2

13

22

5

24

Polmont

632

-

632

684

-

684

Legalised Police Cells (2)

*

*

*

TOTAL (1)

6,447

332

6,779

6,661

368

7,011

(1) Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
(2) See Note 5 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 2004/05. However, the maximum number of prisoners held within the Scottish Prison Service estate, on a particular day in 2004/05, was 7,011. This maximum occurred on 14th April 2004. The maximum number of male prisoners was 6,661 on 21st April 2004, and the maximum number of female prisoners was 368 on 17th June 2004.

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