Question reference: S6W-27215
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 2 May 2024
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Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 May 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people are currently housed in the prison estate, broken down by the category of offence for which they have been charged or convicted.
Answer
On the morning of Monday 6th May 2024 there were 192 people under the age of 21 held in the prison estate. This population is broken down by index offence group in the following table.
Where individuals in custody are accused or convicted of multiple offences, these are summarised by index offence. This is the offence for which they have received the longest sentence or, where they are on remand, which would on average receive the longest sentence. Some offences cannot be classified in this way because the charges originate in other jurisdictions or because the data required was not available at the time the snapshot was taken.
Index Offence Group | Total |
Group 1: Non-sexual crimes of violence | 106 |
Group 2: Sexual Crimes | 29 |
Group 3: Crimes of dishonesty | 15 |
Group 4: Damage and reckless behaviour | 3 |
Group 5: Crimes against society | 22 |
Group 6: Antisocial offences | 7 |
Group 7: Miscellaneous offences | 6 |
Other jurisdiction charge | 2 |
Could not be classified | 2 |