France

Capital city — Paris

Country population
68,070,697
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
111
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Semi-presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.903
(28/191)
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2021
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.35
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2020
/ UNODC
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
75,897
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
11.2
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
122.9 %
On 1 February, pr…
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29/02/2024
/ Le Monde
Total number of prison facilities
187
Nineteen prisons…
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30/04/2024
/ France Info
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2007
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3.3 %
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01/01/2024
/ Ministry of Justice
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1 %
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
30.4 %
As of April 2024,…
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30/04/2024
/ France Info
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1981
The last executio…

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