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France
Capital city —
Paris
Country population
67,407,241
i
2021
/ INSEE
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
93
i
2021
/
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 prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
62,673
i
01/01/2021
/ Prison administration
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
10.9
i
2020
/
SPACE I
, p. 125
Prison density
103.4 %
i
01/01/2021
/ Prison administration
Total number of prison facilities
187
i
2021
/ Prison administration
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2007
Number and percentage of female prisoners
3.3 %
i
01/2021
/ Prison administration
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
i
01/2021
/ Prison administration
Untried prisoners
28.5 %
i
01/2021
/ Prison administration
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1981
The last execution…
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