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France

Capital city — Paris

  • Country population

    68,070,697
    i
    01/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    111
    i
    01/01/2024
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Semi-presidential regime
  • Human Development Index

    0.903

    (28/191)

    i
    2021
    / UNDP
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.35
    i
    2020
    / UNODC
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    75,897
    i
    01/01/2024
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    11.2
    i
    2022
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
  • Prison density

    122.9 %

    On 1 February, pr…

    i
    29/02/2024
    / Le Monde
  • Total number of prison facilities

    187

    Nineteen prisons…

    i
    30/04/2024
    / France Info
  • An NPM has been established

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

    3.3 %
    i
    01/01/2024
    / Ministry of Justice
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    1 %
    i
    01/01/2024
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    30.4 %

    As of April 2024,…

    i
    30/04/2024
    / France Info
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1981

    The last executio…

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