§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers, location and status of self-inflicted deaths in Scottish penal institutions for each year from 1983 to the present; and how many of those were on suicide observation at the time of their death.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe numbers of self-inflicted deaths of inmates in Scottish penal establishments were six in 1983, five in 1984, six in 1985 and seven in 1986. Details of the establishment and status of the inmates in these instances were as follows:
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Establishment Status of inmate 1983 Barlinnie Untried Barlinnie Convicted Edinburgh Convicted and sentenced Glenochil Young Offenders Institution Convicted and sentenced Longriggend Remand Unit Untried Peterhead Convicted and sentenced
Establishment Status of inmate 1984 Barlinnie Untried Barlinnie Untried Barlinnie Untried Edinburgh Untried Glenochil Detention Centre Convicted and sentenced 1985 Barlinnie Untried Barlinnie Convicted and sentenced Barlinnie Convicted and sentenced Glenochil Detention Centre Convicted and sentenced Glenochil Young Offenders Convicted and sentenced Institution Perth Untried Peterhead Convicted and sentenced 1986 Barlinnie Convicted and sentenced Barlinnie Convicted and sentenced Barlinnie Untried Cornton Vale Untried Edinburgh Untried Perth Convicted and sentenced Perth Convicted and sentenced In these 24 cases, 12 individuals were subject to observation or other precautions at the time of death and 12 individuals were not.
In 1987 there have been 11 deaths in Scottish penal establishments. The death of any person in legal custody is the subject of a fatal accident inquiry. So far, fatal accident inquiries have been completed for only two of the deaths in 1987 and in each case the cause was acute myocardial ischaemia and not self-inflicted injury. Determinations of fatal accident inquiries are still awaited in the other nine cases.