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Capital city — Paris

Country population
67,407,241
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2021
/ INSEE
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
93
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2021
/ ICPR
Type of government
semi-presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.901
(26/188)
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2019
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
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2019
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
62,673
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01/01/2021
/ Prison administration
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
10.9
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2020
/ SPACE I, p. 125
Prison density
103.4 %
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01/01/2021
/ Prison administration
Total number of prison facilities
187
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2021
/ Prison administration
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2007
Number and percentage of female prisone…
3.3 %
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01/2021
/ Prison administration
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
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01/2021
/ Prison administration
Untried prisoners
28.5 %
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01/2021
/ Prison administration
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1981
The last executio…

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