Print version| Country | UNITED KINGDOM: SCOTLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Scottish Executive | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Scottish Prison Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg, GB-Edinburgh EH12 9HW | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +44 131 244 8522 fax: +44 131 244 8738 Web: www.sps.gov.uk |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Colin McConnell
Chief Executive |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
7,817
at 26.4.2013 (national prison administration) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
146
based on an estimated national population of 5.34 million at end of April 2013 (from 2011 Census figures) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
16.8%
(26.4.2013) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.5%
(26.4.2013) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.0%
(30.11.2012 - under 18) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.4%
(1.9.2011) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of establishments /
institutions |
16
(2012) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Official capacity of prison system | 7,816
(30.11.2012 - design capacity less 4 places temporarily out of use) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
99.7%
(30.11.2012) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
|
Please send new or updated information to admin@icps.essex.ac.uk
