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Capital city — Paris

Country population
67,063,000
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2020
/ INSEE
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
104
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2020
/ ICPR
Type of government
semi-presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.891
(26/188)
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2018
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.3
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2015
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
70,651
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01/01/2020
/ Prison administration
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
11
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2018
/ SPACE I, p. 119
Prison density
115.7 %
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01/01/2020
/ Prison administration
Total number of prison facilities
185
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01/01/2018
/ Prison adminsitration
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2007
Number and percentage of female prisoners
3.6 %
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01/2020
/ Prison administration
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
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01/2020
/ Prison administration
Untried prisoners
29.8 %
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01/2020
/ Prison administration
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1981
The last execution…

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