Deaths in Prison Custody in Scotland 2012-2022

Footnotes

1. Prison population health needs: synthesis report - gov.scot

2. To avoid any delays in how this information was published, changes were made to the way SPS reported the cause of death in 2019. Since 2019, SPS includes the ‘medical certificate cause of death’(MCCD) for all deaths. Prior to this SPS awaited the outcome of the cause of death as detailed in the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) which can take years to conclude.

3. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 - gov.scot

4. Scotland's Population 2021 - The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk);

5. Resetting the course for population health: evidence and recommendations to address stalled mortality improvements in Scotland and the rest of the UK - University of Glasgow

6. Prison population health needs: synthesis report - gov.scot

7. Scotland's Population 2021 - The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

8. Resetting the course for population health: evidence and recommendations to address stalled mortality improvements in Scotland and the rest of the UK - University of Glasgow

9. The purpose of National Top End (NTE) is primarily to provide the opportunity for life sentence offenders to prepare for release, have increased self-responsibility and to be gradually tested in the community, in order that they are better prepared for transfer and succeed within open conditions – see Scottish Parole Board Glossary