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Prison Service
Richard Baker (Labour) | Question S3W-40227
To ask the Scottish Executive how many banned items were seized from individuals entering prison in 2009, broken down by (a) item and (b) prison.
Kenny MacAskill (Scottish National Party)
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The following table below illustrates the number of banned items seized from prisoners entering Scottish Prisons in 2009, broken down by item and establishment.
| Drugs | Mobile Telephones | SIM Cards | Drug Paraphernalia | |
| Aberdeen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Addiewell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barlinnie | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Cornton Vale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Edinburgh | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenochil | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Greenock | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverness | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Open Estate | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polmont | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shotts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 30 | 9 | 2 |
The following table illustrates the number of banned items seized from visitors entering Scottish Prisons in 2009, broken down by item and establishment.
| Drugs | Mobile Telephones | SIMCards | Weapons | Alcohol | Drug Paraphernalia | |
| Aberdeen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Addiewell | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barlinnie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornton Vale | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenochil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenock | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Open Estate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polmont | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shotts | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 128 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 |