Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S3W-12335 · Session 3

How many visits have been made by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland to each prison in the last year.

Answered Asked by George Foulkes Lab Lodged 25 Apr 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland to each prison in the last year.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 May 2008 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, Andrew R C McLellan, made 44 visits to Scottish prisons between 30 April 2007 and 30 April 2008 as follows:
Establishment
| No. of Times Visited

HM Prison Aberdeen
| 1

HM Prison Barlinnie
| 5

HM Prison Castle Huntly
| 3

HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Cornton Vale
| 1

HM Prison Dumfries
| 4

HM Prison Edinburgh
| 3

HM Prison Glenochil
| 4

HM Prison Greenock
| 1

HM Prison Inverness
| 4

HM Prison Kilmarnock
| 5

HM Prison Noranside
| 2

HM Prison Perth
| 3

HM Prison Peterhead
| 1

HM young offenders institution Polmont
| 5

HM Prison Shotts
| 2

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-12335 by reference.