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Scotland’s prison population falls to more than 300 below capacity

Summary by Reporting Scotland Up (Talking-Up Scotland II)
Professor John Robertson OBA From the data tables for Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: April 2025 published today, we can see that Scotland’s prison population has fallen from a peak of 8 326 in February 2025 to 8 147 last week. Weekly figures fluctuate but suggest no significant growth trend.1 In June 2024, Scotland’s prison population was feared to climb to a maximum of 9 1502 but has not, thanks to the early relea…
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Reporting Scotland Up (Talking-Up Scotland II) broke the news in on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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