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France

Capital city — Paris

  • Country population

    66,992,699
    i
    2018
    / INSEE
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    104
    i
    2019
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    semi-presidential regime
  • Human Development Index

    0.901

    (24/188)

    i
    2017
    / UNDP
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.6
    i
    2015
    / OECD
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    68,974
    i
    01/01/2018
    / Prison administration
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    8.7
    i
    2017
    / SPACE I, p. 107
  • Prison density

    116 %
    i
    ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    185
    i
    01/01/2018
    / Prison adminsitration
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2007
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    3.5 %
    i
    2018
    / Prison administration
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    1.1 %
    i
    01/2018
    / Prison administration
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, abolished since 1981

    The last executio…

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Introduction

Country population

66,992,699

i
2018
/ INSEE

Type of government

semi-presidential regime

Human Development Index

0.901

(24/188)

i
2017
/ UNDP

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

0.6

i
2015
/ OECD
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