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France

Capital city — Paris

  • Country population

    67,813,396
    i
    2021
    / INSEE
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    102
    i
    2022
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    semi-presidential regime
  • Human Development Index

    0.901

    (26/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.2
    i
    2019
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    69,448
    i
    01/01/2022
    / Prison administration
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    10.9
    i
    2020
    / SPACE I, p. 125
  • Prison density

    114 %

    Fifty-seven Frenc…

    i
    31/10/2022
    / France Bleu
  • Total number of prison facilities

    187
    i
    2021
    / Prison administration
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2007
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    4.2 %
    i
    01/01/2022
    / Prison administration
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.9 %
    i
    01/2022
    / Prison administration
  • Untried prisoners

    27.2 %
    i
    01/01/2022
    / Prison administration
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1981

    The last executio…

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