By Professor John Robertson OBA From official figures in December 2023: The average daily prison population in 2022-23 was 7,426.  This is a small decrease of 1% from the previous year (7,506), indicating broad stability in average daily population levels across the most recent reporting years.1 Thanks to no riots recently, Scotland has had no surge in demand for prison places. The current capacity is 7 906.2 In the Guardian today: The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced plans to cut the proportion of the sentence inmates must serve behind bars from 50% to 40%. The temporary move – which does not apply … Continue reading After riots England to release 5 500 offenders in just two months, some violent, as SNP Scotland benefits from no riots, prison capacity and so no violent prisoner early release