How many violent incidents have taken place in prisons in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by prison.

Answered Asked by Kenneth Gibson SNP Lodged 31 Jul 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many violent incidents have taken place in prisons in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by prison.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 Aug 2007 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The information requested isavailable from 2001. The information from 2001 is shown in the following table.

| 2001-02
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| 2006-07

Aberdeen
| 47
| 59
| 39
| 20
| 69
| 79

Barlinnie
| 111
| 122
| 80
| 88
| 98
| 147

Castle Huntly
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 2

Cornton Vale
| 28
| 26
| 21
| 29
| 55
| 55

Dumfries
| 15
| 17
| 19
| 16
| 36
| 27

Edinburgh
| 72
| 103
| 83
| 105
| 192
| 168

Glenochil
| 23
| 20
| 24
| 27
| 25
| 25

Glenochil YOI
| 11
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0

Greenock
| 18
| 24
| 33
| 45
| 35
| 54

Inverness
| 3
| 2
| 14
| 5
| 38
| 40

Kilmarnock
| 96
| 164
| 117
| 87
| 116
| 102

Low Moss
| 25
| 33
| 19
| 32
| 27
| 23

Noranside
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
|

In the Official Report

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