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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 prisoners
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 female prisone…
3.5 %
i
2018
/ Prison administration
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
i
01/2018
/ Prison administration
Death penalty is abolished
yes, abolished since 1981
The last executio…
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