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Written Question · S3W-15547 · Session 3

In what prisons the prisoner population exceeds the design capacity by (a) 5%, (b) 10% and (c) 20%.

Answered Asked by Des McNulty Lab Lodged 15 Aug 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive in what prisons the prisoner population exceeds the design capacity by (a) 5%, (b) 10% and (c) 20%.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 Aug 2008 · 6 days after it was lodged, on time

Prison populations necessarily vary on a daily basis. The position as at 15 August 2008 was as follows:
Exceeds 5%
| Exceeds 10%
| Exceeds 20%

Cornton Vale
| Edinburgh
| Aberdeen

Glenochil
| Polmont
| Barlinnie

Perth
|
| Dumfries


|
| Greenock


|
| Inverness

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-15547 by reference.