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Luxembourg

Capital city — Luxembourg

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison administration

92,755,732.82

EUR

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

705

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the number of incarcerated people

increase

The prison population increased by 11.90% between 2022 (630)1 and 2023 (705).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

901

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31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

decrease

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences decreased by 3.74% between 2021 (936)1 and 2022 (901).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. ↩

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

106.7

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

The incarceration rate increased by 8.77% between 2022 (98.1)1 and 2023 (106.7).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of admissions

2,300

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

777

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

3.5

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.

Prison density

70.9 %

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

995

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

513.8

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to incarcerated person ratio

1 : 0.7

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

35.3

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

4.5 % (35.3)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.