– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 23 May 2005.
Alex Neil
Scottish National Party
Question S2W-16409
To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults on staff there have been in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Cathy Jamieson
Labour
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The number of serious assaults by prisoner on staff is published in SPS Annual Reports. The breakdown by establishment was:
| Establishment | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Aberdeen | |||
| Barlinnie | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Castle Huntly | |||
| Cornton Vale | 2 | ||
| Dumfries | 1 | ||
| Dungavel | |||
| Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Glenochil | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Greenock | 1 | ||
| Inverness | 1 | ||
| Kilmarnock | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Low Moss | |||
| Noranside | |||
| Perth | 1 | 1 | |
| Peterhead | 2 | ||
| Polmont | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Shotts | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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