Prison Service

– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 13 March 2003.

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Photo of Michael Matheson Michael Matheson Scottish National Party

Question S1W-34412

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33537 by Mr Jim Wallace on 27 February 2003, how many incidents of alleged (a) assault and (b) fighting have been dealt with in the orderly room at HM Prison Kilmarnock in each quarter since the prison opened.

Photo of Jim Wallace Jim Wallace Liberal Democrat

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

Quarterly figures are not available. The numbers of charges laid in each year alleging such breaches of prison discipline are listed in the following table.

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Assault

Fighting

Year One

74

45

Year Two

34

40

Year Three

34

54

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