As of 2024, there were approximately 97,800 prisoners in custody in the United Kingdom, with the vast majority of these being prisoners in the jurisdiction of England and Wales at 87,900 prisoners, with a further 8,000 in Scotland, and 1,900 in Northern Ireland.
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