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As of 31 January 2022, there were 981,575 inmates in the 48 PAs of the Council of Europe member states that participated in the SPACE I survey. When the number of inmates in each member state...
Incarceration rate in European countries in 2022. Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 2, 2024. In 2021 Turkey had the highest incarceration rate among European countries, at 355...
29 kwi 2024 · The highest prisoner rates per 100 000 people in 2022 were in Hungary (200), Poland (190) and Czechia and Slovakia (both 181). The lowest rates were in Finland (52), the Netherlands (64) and Slovenia (65).
13 sie 2024 · According to the publication, there were 483,593 prisoners in the EU in 2022. This is equivalent to 108 prisoners per 100,000 people. In 2021, the prisoner rate was 106 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest prisoner rates per 100,000 people in 2022 were in Hungary (200), Poland (190) and Czechia and Slovakia (both 181).
In 2022, there was one place in prison per 856 inhabitants in the EU, or 117 places in prison per 100 000 inhabitants. This value varies considerably from one EU country to another. It is higher in Eastern and Baltic countries especially in Latvia (257.1), Lithuania (256.6), Estonia (250.3), Poland (232.4), and Slovakia (214.4).
20 mar 2018 · SPACE II collects data on non-custodial sanctions and measures since 1992 (annually since 2009). These statistics are provided by a network of national correspondents working at the prison and probation services of the 47 Council of Europe member States.
The share of women in prisons varies between EU Member States (see Figure 4). In 2022, the highest shares were observed in Malta (9.5 %), Czechia (8.5 %), and Latvia (7.7 %). The lowest shares were in France (3.2 %), Bulgaria (3.7 %), and Italy (4.2 %).
