United Kingdom: England & Wales

Capital city — London

Country population
59,720,000
i
2020
/ Office for National Statistics
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
133
i
03/2019
/ ICPR
Type of government
constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.93
(13/188)
i
2020
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.99
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2021
/ Office for National Statistics
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
79,086
England and Wales…
i
01/2022
/ Ministry of Justice
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
21.4
The average lengt…
i
2018
/ Ministry of Justice, "Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly, England an Wales, July 2017 to June 2018 (provisional)", p. 01.
Prison density
102.6 %
68 prison establi…
i
03/2022
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
118
i
12/2018
An NPM has been established
yes
in March 2009
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4 %
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01/2022
/ Ministry of Justice
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
i
2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Rapport 2021, p. 45.
Untried prisoners
16.2 %
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12/2021
/ Ministry of Justice, "Offender Management Statistics Bulletin, England and Wales", p. 3.
Death penalty is abolished
yes
since 1998